EMILY TREIGLE
MEZZO-SOPRANO
BIOGRAPHY
A New Orleans native and Grand Finals Winner of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, mezzo-soprano Emily Treigle is regarded as an "endlessly watchable and a consummate musician" (Parterre Box). After being named a 2024 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” (Opera Magazine with Opera News). In the previous season with Wolf Trap Opera, she displayed her “acting range [as] impressive as her vocal one” as Juno/Ino in Semele (DC Theatre Arts).
An alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio, Ms. 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 Roméo et Juliette. She also covered the roles of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, and Herodias in Salome. She makes her first professional guest artist appearance with the company in Fall 2024 as Tisbe in La Cenerentola.
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CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“Treigle is a key part of this production’s success..." – The Washington Post
Così fan tutte – “My favorite performance of the night was mezzo-soprano Emily Treigle as meddlesome maid Despina, rendered here as a lovably troublesome and vaguely goth pot-stirrer. Her splendid and spirited “In uomini, in soldati” felt emblematic of the entire show’s likable vibe, as well as her magnificent voice, which the comic calling of the role never managed to shrink. (She did, however, dispose entirely of proper diction when disguised as the notary, to perfectly hilarious effect.) A fabulous singer (she’s a grand finals winner of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition) and a fine actress, Treigle is a key part of this production’s success.”
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"...Treigle’s acting range is as impressive as her vocal one..." – DC Theater Arts
Semele – “The music is undoubtedly gorgeous, but it is the performances that make this story so enjoyable, particularly that of Treigle. Treigle’s acting range is as impressive as her vocal one. As Ino, Treigle is a sweet, awkward schoolgirl, but her turn as Juno is a bewitching and impassioned tempest come alive. Her distinct performances as Ino and Juno paired with Tonea’s Semele offer a powerful look at the different ways women have long battled the demands of sex, love, power, and self.”
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"...Emily Treigle, she, too, of the creamy voice..." – Houston Press
Falstaff – “Mezzo-soprano Emily Treigle, she, too, of the creamy voice, is a lively Meg Page, one of the co-conspirators. She practically bounces across the stage when the wives hatch their comic plot.”
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“…She sang well with substance and power, good projection and excellent phrasing…” – Opera News
Così fan tutte – “Emily Treigle as Despina displayed an uncanny sense of comedic timing. She was sneakily flippant and conniving, but not calculating, which made her particularly interesting. She sang well with substance and power, good projection and excellent phrasing.”