Butler Studio alumna Emily Treigle makes her first return to the company to perform the role of Tisbe in Cinderella, both on the mainstage and in the English-language Family Day production of the same opera. During the 2023-24 season at HGO, Treigle sang Meg Page (Falstaff) and Suzuki (select performances of Madame Butterfly), and covered Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni). In previous seasons at HGO, following her 3rd place win in HGO’s 33rd annual Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias, Treigle has been seen as Flora (La traviata), Miss Violet (Another City, world premiere), Mère Jeanne (Dialogues of the Carmelites), and Gertrude (Romeo and Juliet). She has also covered the roles of Herodias (Salome) and Marcellina (The Marriage of Figaro). In competition, Treigle was named a Grand Finals Winner of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, as well as a 2024 winner of the George and Nora London Foundation Competition. As a Filene Artist with Wolf Trap Opera, Treigle performed as Despina (Così fan tutte) in 2024, and Juno/Ino (Semele) in 2023. She appeared at the Aspen Music Festival as a Fleming Artist in 2022, and as a Studio Artist at Wolf Trap Opera in 2020 and 2021, where she covered the title role in Holst’s Savitri. She pursued her Master of Music degree at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where she received her Bachelor of Music degree in 2020. An undeniable legacy, her grandfather was world-renowned bass-baritone Norman Treigle.