Former Studio Artist at Houston Grand Opera, 2021 Winner of the The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition
Così fan tutte is Mozart’s most polarizing opera. Often considered the perfect ensemble opera, Così features ravishing melodies and glorious arias, duets, and sextets. The emotionally complex and quick-fire comedy offers an examination of sexual attitudes and the battle between love, reason, and human fallibility.
Few operas have as much comedic energy as Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage’s production of the boisterous rom-com, first staged by HGO in 2016, re-sets the class-conscious comedy in late ‘60s Francoist Spain. Full of bright colors and costumes evoking the Moroccan influence on Muslim Spain, the vibrant production synthesizes transcendent music and lively performances into an unforgettable evening at the opera. Its large cast is led by bass Nahuel Di Pierro as the titular Figaro, a working-class man set to marry the beautiful Susanna despite the meddling of their employer, a married Count who would rather have the beauty for himself. The role of Susanna is performed by soprano Elena Villalón in her first return to the company after completing her training with the HGO Studio. Renowned bass-baritone Adam Plachetka portrays the Count, with beloved soprano Nicole Heaston, an HGO Studio alumna and company favorite, as his wife. Ian Rutherford directs the celebrated production’s revival, with HGO Artistic and Music Director Patrick Summers conducting.
A New Orleans native and Grand Finals Winner of the The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, mezzo-soprano Emily Treigle is regarded as "endlessly watchable and a consummate musician." In Spring 2025, Treigle made her international debut with the Canadian Opera Company as Filipyevna in Eugene Onegin and Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana. This Summer, she attended the Académie at Festival d’Aix en Provencein France, and performed at Opera in the Park with Madison Opera. In the 2025-2026 season, Treigle will be making many company and role debuts, including: the Mezzo Soloist in Verdi's Reqiuem with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi and The Monitress in Suor Angelica at Houston Grand Opera, Second Lady in The Magic Flute at The Metropolitan Opera, Mére Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites at New Orleans Opera, and reprising the role of Despina in Così fan tutte at Madison Opera. In 2024, after being named a winner of the George and Nora London Foundation Competition, she returned to Wolf Trap Opera for the 2024 season, performing Despina in Così fan tutte,where she was praised for her “uncanny sense of comedic timing” and “magnificent voice.” In the previous season with Wolf Trap Opera, she displayed her “acting range [as] impressive as her vocal one” as Juno/Ino in Semele. An alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio, Treigle performed numerous roles with the company including: Meg Page in Falstaff, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Flora in La traviata, Miss Violet in the world premiere of Another City, Mère Jeanne in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Gertrude in Romeo and Juliet. She also covered the roles of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, and Herodias in Salome. She made her first post-studio appearance with the company in Fall 2024 as Tisbe in La Cenerentola. An undeniable legacy, her grandfather was world-renowned bass-baritone Norman Treigle.
Former Studio Artist at Houston Grand Opera, 2021 Winner of the The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition
Così fan tutte is Mozart’s most polarizing opera. Often considered the perfect ensemble opera, Così features ravishing melodies and glorious arias, duets, and sextets. The emotionally complex and quick-fire comedy offers an examination of sexual attitudes and the battle between love, reason, and human fallibility.
Few operas have as much comedic energy as Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage’s production of the boisterous rom-com, first staged by HGO in 2016, re-sets the class-conscious comedy in late ‘60s Francoist Spain. Full of bright colors and costumes evoking the Moroccan influence on Muslim Spain, the vibrant production synthesizes transcendent music and lively performances into an unforgettable evening at the opera. Its large cast is led by bass Nahuel Di Pierro as the titular Figaro, a working-class man set to marry the beautiful Susanna despite the meddling of their employer, a married Count who would rather have the beauty for himself. The role of Susanna is performed by soprano Elena Villalón in her first return to the company after completing her training with the HGO Studio. Renowned bass-baritone Adam Plachetka portrays the Count, with beloved soprano Nicole Heaston, an HGO Studio alumna and company favorite, as his wife. Ian Rutherford directs the celebrated production’s revival, with HGO Artistic and Music Director Patrick Summers conducting.
A New Orleans native and Grand Finals Winner of the The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, mezzo-soprano Emily Treigle is regarded as "endlessly watchable and a consummate musician." In Spring 2025, Treigle made her international debut with the Canadian Opera Company as Filipyevna in Eugene Onegin and Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana. This Summer, she attended the Académie at Festival d’Aix en Provencein France, and performed at Opera in the Park with Madison Opera. In the 2025-2026 season, Treigle will be making many company and role debuts, including: the Mezzo Soloist in Verdi's Reqiuem with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi and The Monitress in Suor Angelica at Houston Grand Opera, Second Lady in The Magic Flute at The Metropolitan Opera, Mére Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites at New Orleans Opera, and reprising the role of Despina in Così fan tutte at Madison Opera. In 2024, after being named a winner of the George and Nora London Foundation Competition, she returned to Wolf Trap Opera for the 2024 season, performing Despina in Così fan tutte,where she was praised for her “uncanny sense of comedic timing” and “magnificent voice.” In the previous season with Wolf Trap Opera, she displayed her “acting range [as] impressive as her vocal one” as Juno/Ino in Semele. An alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio, Treigle performed numerous roles with the company including: Meg Page in Falstaff, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Flora in La traviata, Miss Violet in the world premiere of Another City, Mère Jeanne in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Gertrude in Romeo and Juliet. She also covered the roles of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, and Herodias in Salome. She made her first post-studio appearance with the company in Fall 2024 as Tisbe in La Cenerentola. An undeniable legacy, her grandfather was world-renowned bass-baritone Norman Treigle.
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