A New Orleans native and Grand Finals Winner of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Emily Treigle is a third-year Butler Studio Artist. She returns to HGO for the 2023-24 season, singing Meg Page (Falstaff) and Suzuki (Madame Butterfly) and covering Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni). She spent the summer as a Filene Artist with Wolf Trap Opera, where she performed as Juno/Ino (Semele). In her 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). She appeared at the Aspen Music Festival as a Fleming Artist in 2022, as well as Wolf Trap Opera in 2021, where she covered the title role in Holst’s Savitri. Treigle 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.