Even though that other soprano, whatever her name is, has garnered a lot of ink for opening the Met season with Anna Bolena, the real news here is the “dream team” Gheorghiu/Callas collaboration, a highlight of which has been the “Divina Draculette” photo retouching competition. La Cieca has sifted the many fine entries and has come to a decision.
The winner in the category of “Most Expert” is Justintp89, with this disquieting composite:
(The original of this photo may be found here.)
The competition for Most Scathing was, as you may expect, ferocious, but La Cieca was partial to the sheer vitriolic brilliance of A.K.‘s entry:
… which, as you of course recognize, is an updating of this classic snapshot.
La Cieca would like to recognize as well several Honorable Mentions, the more dishonorable the better.
Thanks to all for playing! Winners will soon be enjoying their Sony live Met CD releases
and historical DVDs.
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
