La Cieca, having worked her fingers to the bone (not pictured) counting votes, now is ready to reveal to you, the cher public, the winners of the Third Annual Parterre Box Awards.
With almost 1,200 ballots cast, the results have been tabulated. May I have a drumroll, please? The winners (along with a handful of the most popular write-in votes) are…
Best New Production at the Met: The Enchanted Island
- “None”
- “None of the above”
Worst New Production at the Met: Faust
- “All of them”
- “Gelb sucks”
Best Revival at the Met: The Makropulos Case
- “Billy Budd”
- “Ernani”
Worst Revival at the Met: Macbeth
- “Tosca”
- “All of the above”
Best Production at NYCO: Cosi fan tutte
- “Didn’t see any of them”
- “Is there a NYCO?”
Best Other New York Opera Production: Atys (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
- “Rienzi”
Best Performance in a Diva Role: Anna Netrebko (Anna Bolena/Manon)
- “Angela Meade”
- “Latonia Moore”
Worst Performance in a Diva Role: Nadja Michael (Macbeth)
- “Violeta Urmana”
- “Katarina Dalayman”
Best Performance in a Divo Role: Jonas Kaufmann (Adriana Lecouvreur/Faust)
- “Jay Hunter Morris”
- “Rene Pape”
Worst Performance in a Divo Role: Placido Domingo (The Enchanted Island)
- “Roberto De Biasio”
- “Peter Gelb”
Best Performance in a Non-Diva Role: Tamara Mumford (Anna Bolena)
- “Luca Pisaroni”
- “Waltraud Meier”
Most Significant Cancellation: James Levine (2011-12 season)
- “Deborah Voigt: I wish she had canceled more”
Maestro of the Year: Fabio Luisi
- “William Christie”
Einspringer of the Year: Latonia Moore (Aida)
- “Stuart Skelton”
- “How is Jay Hunter Morris not even nominated?”
Debut of the Year: Iestyn Davies (Rodelinda)
- “Latonia Moore”
- “I say again, ‘who’?”
La Cieca congratulates or consoles, as the case may be, the winners of the awards, and promises that next year there will be statuettes or something.
