Blame it on the Madonna-Whore Complex, cher public, but this year’s most hotly-contested parterre box “Pubie” award ended in a tie!
Worst Performance in a Diva Role: Kristine Opolais in Suor Angelica and Diana Damrau in La traviata!
Write-ins:
- Susanna Philips in Don Giovanni
- Golda schultz
- Anna Netrebko in Adriana Levouvreur
And now, your 2019 parterre box “Pubie” Award winners:
Best Concert/Recital Performance: Anna Netrebko!
Write-ins:
- Michael Spyres/John Eliott Gardiner Berlioz concert
- Sabine Deveihle
- National Council Auditions Grand Finals
Best Non-Met Staged Production: Die Königin von Saba!
Write-ins:
- Murasaki’s Moon
- Led hugenauts
- Elektra Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Tosca Philadelphia Orchestra
- Kata Kabanova at Covent Garden
- Kopernikus
- La Forza del Destino Royal Opera
- The Rose Elf
- Rape of Lucretia (New Camerata)
- Psychosis 448
Cutest Couple: Anna Netrebko and Anita Rachvelishvili!
Write-ins:
- Anita Rachvelishvili and Gregory kunde
- Westbroek/Kaufmann in FANCIULLA
Debut of the Year: Rosa Feola in Rigoletto!
Einspringer of the Year: Gregory Kunde in Samson et Dalila!
Most Significant Cancellation: Bryan Hymel in Rigoletto!
Maestro of the Year: Yannick Nézet-Séguin!
Write-ins:
- James Levine
- Nicola Luisotti
- Emanuel Ceysson
- Demetrio Moricca
Best Performance in a Non-Diva Type Role: Karita Mattila in Les Dialogues des Carméites!
Write-ins:
- Jamie Barton in Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Ambrogio Maestri in Adriana Lecouvreur
- Klaus Florian Vogt
- Andreas Schager
- Stuart Skelton in Die Walküre
- Tomasz Konieczny in Rheingold
Worst Performance in a Divo Role: Aleksandrs Antonenko in Aida!
Write-ins:
- Andreas Schager in Siegfried
- Paul Appelby in Pelléas et Mélisande
- Andreas Schager Götterdämmerung
Best Performance in a Divo Role: Michael Volle in Der Ring des Nibelungen!
Write-ins:
- Andreas Schager in Siegfried (102 votes)
- Javier Camarena in La Fille du Regiment
- Michael Fabiano
- Stefan Vinke in Siegfried
- Andreas Schager
- Peter Mattei in Don Giovanni
- Andreas Schager in Gotterdammerung
- antonenko
- Gregory Kunde in Samson
- Gregory Kunde Otello
- Javier Camarena in Les pêcheurs de perles
- Matthew Polenzani in La Clemenza di Tito
- Stefan Vinke
- Stuart Skelton in Die Walküre
- Vittorio Grigolo
Best Performance in a Diva Role: Anna Netrebko in Adriana Lecouvreur!
Write-ins:
- Sondra Radvanovsky in Tosca
- Kate Lindsay as SAPPHO
- Angela Denoke in Bluebeard’s Castle
- Rosa Feola in Lucia di Lammermoor
- Nadine Sierra
- Rosa Feola
- Karita Mattila in Dialogue of the Carmelites
- Angela Meade
- Anita Rachvelisihvili in Adriana Lecouvreur
- Sonya Yoncheva in Iolanta
- Rosa Feola in Rigoletto
Worst Revival: Don Giovanni!
Write-ins:
- Rigoletto
- Pelleas & Melisande
- Les pêcheurs de perles
- Aida
- Tosca
Best Revival: Les Dialogues des Carmélites!
Write-ins:
- Mefistofele
- Falstaff
- Rigoletto
- Aida
- Falstaff
Worst New Production: La traviata!
Write-ins:
- Rigoletto
- Dialogue des carmélites
Best New Production: Adriana Lecouvreur!
Write-ins:
- 4.48 Psychosis
- Gotterdammerung
- Il trionfo dell’onore
- Nah.
- None
- None deserve consideration
- Otello München
- Rosa Feola
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.
