Girl of the Golden Met Awards 2026

Photograph by Jonathan Tichler/Met Opera

Choose your favorite performers and opera from the Met Opera's 2025-26 season! Vote by commenting on this blog post, on Instagram, on Facebook, or by voting each day in my Instagram story. Voting closes on Monday, June 21st, at 11:59 PM EST.

Clockwise from top right: Butterfly, Fille, Kavalier, Tristan, and Innocence

Best Opera

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

• La Fille du Régiment

• Innocence

• Madama Butterfly

• Tristan und Isolde

Clockwise from top right: Pérez, Oropesa, Morley, Feola, and Davidsen

Best Soprano

• Lise Davidsen, Tristan und Isolde

• Rosa Feola, La Traviata

• Erin Morley, La Fille du Régiment

• Lisette Oropesa, I Puritani

• Ailyn Pérez, Madama Butterfly

Clockwise from top right: Mykkanen, Spyres, Brownlee, Bliss, and Beczała

Best Tenor

• Piotr Beczała, Andrea Chénier

• Ben Bliss, Don Giovanni

• Lawrence Brownlee, I Puritani

• Miles Mykkanen, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

• Michael Spyres, Tristan und Isolde

Clockwise from top right: Kim, DiDonato, Gubanova, Graham, and Leonard

Best Mezzo-Soprano

• Joyce DiDonato, Innocence

• Susan Graham, La Fille du Régiment

• Ekaterina Gubanova, Tristan und Isolde

• Hyona Kim, Madama Butterfly

• Isabel Leonard, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

Clockwise from top right: Kelsey, Plachetka, Van Horn, Golovatenko, and Filończyk

Best Baritone/Bass-Baritone/Bass

• Andrzej Filończyk, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

• Igor Golovatenko, Andrea Chénier

• Quinn Kelsey, Madama Butterfly

• Adam Plachetka, Don Giovanni

• Christian Van Horn, I Puritani

Clockwise from top right: Mälkki, Nézet-Séguin, Rustioni, Sagripanti, and Carter

Best Conductor

• Nicholas Carter, Arabella

• Susanna Mälkki, Innocence

• Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Don Giovanni

• Daniele Rustioni, Andrea Chénier

• Giacomo Sagripanti, La Fille du Régiment

Clockwise from top right: Filończyk, Jää, Nowakowski, Kim, and Krause

Best Debut

• Andrzej Filończyk, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

• Vilma Jää, Innocence

• Hyona Kim, Madama Butterfly

• Rainelle Krause, The Magic Flute

• Alexandra Nowakowski, La Sonnambula

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