Girl of the Golden Met Awards 2025: Vote!

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Clockwise from top right: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Ainadamar, Moby-Dick, and Tosca

Best Opera

• Ainadamar

• Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Casts A & B)

• Die Frau ohne Schatten

• Moby-Dick

• Tosca (Cast C)

Clockwise: van den Heever, Yoncheva, Davidsen, Bullock, and Radvanovsky

Best Soprano

• Julia Bullock, Antony and Cleopatra

• Lise Davidsen, Fidelio

• Elza van den Heever, Die Frau ohne Schatten

• Sondra Radvanovsky, Tosca

• Sonya Yoncheva, The Queen of Spades

Clockwise: De Tommaso, Baek, Brownlee, Bernheim, and Costello

Best Tenor

• SeokJong Baek, Tosca

• Benjamin Bernheim, Les Contes d’Hoffmann

• Lawrence Brownlee, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

• Stephen Costello, Moby-Dick

• Freddie De Tommaso, Tosca

Clockwise: Mack, Akhmetshina, D’Angelo, Berzhanskaya, and Leonard

Best Mezzo-Soprano

• Aigul Akhmetshina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

• Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Les Contes d’Hoffmann

• Emily D’Angelo, Grounded

• Isabel Leonard, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

• Daniela Mack, Ainadamar

Clockwise: Kelsey, Luciano, Mattei, Zhilikhovsky, and Hopkins

Best Baritone

• Joshua Hopkins, Le Nozze di Figaro

• Quinn Kelsey, Tosca

• Davide Luciano, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

• Peter Mattei, Salome

• Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Clockwise: Volle, Terfel, Van Horn, Pape, and Sumuel

Best Bass-Baritone/Bass

• Christian Van Horn, Les Contes d’Hoffmann

• Rene Pape, Fidelio

• Michael Sumuel, Le Nozze di Figaro

• Bryn Terfel, Tosca

• Michael Volle, Die Frau ohne Schatten

Clockwise: Mallwitz, Wilson, Kamensek, Sagripanti, and Nézet-Séguin

Best Conductor

• Karen Kamensek, Moby-Dick

• Joana Mallwitz, Le Nozze di Figaro

• Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Die Frau ohne Schatten

• Giacomo Sagripanti, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

• Keri-Lynn Wilson, The Queen of Spades

Clockwise: Mallwitz, Berzhanskaya, De Tommaso, Pierce, and Swanson

Best Debut

• Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Les Contes d’Hoffmann

• Joana Mallwitz, Le Nozze di Figaro

• Sun-Ly Pierce, Le Nozze di Figaro

• Jack Swanson, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

• Freddie De Tommaso, Tosca