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06/13/2026

Étude Arts doth proclaim with glad tidings the appearance of Nicholas Newton who taketh the stage at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in the noble and merciful guise of Friar Lawrence, in Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, that lush and aching testament to young love’s brief glory and its bitter end. Nicholas’ performances run the thirteenth to the seven-and-twentieth of June. May Fortune smile upon him, and may the house ring with deserved ovation. TOI TOI TOI!!!

06/12/2026

Étude Arts celebrates Chen Peixin who lends his commanding bass to concert performances of Rigoletto with Jonathan Heyward conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on June 12 and 14. A fitting crown to the BSO’s 2025–26 season, Verdi’s great tale of love, betrayal, and vengeance promises an evening of music theater at its most shattering. TOI TOI TOI!!!

06/11/2026

Étude Arts celebrates mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska who graces the stage of Roy Thomson Hall, joining Music Director Gustavo Gimeno and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for a season-closing triumph - Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, June 11–14. What a way to bring down the curtain on the 25-26 season! TOI TOI TOI!!!

06/07/2026

Étude Arts celebrates who makes a role debut as Stella Kowalski in Sir André Previn’s adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire at with performances June 7 - 26. In a new production directed by Artistic Director Patricia Racette, this operatic adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ famed play will leave audiences stunned and shaken. There are nights in this world - humid, trembling nights - when the stage becomes something more than a stage, and a voice becomes the very sound of longing itself. Go to her tonight, Saint Louis. Let yourself be undone. TOI TOI TOI!!!

06/07/2026

Étude Arts celebrates soprano who joins and conductor David Chan in a program of surpassing consequence: Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder. These iconic four songs stand at the edge, where the voice reaches toward silence and the orchestra holds the world in suspension ascending into transcendence. TOI TOI TOI!!!

06/05/2026

Étude Arts celebrates as he joins his long-standing musical partner Lise Davidsen for an all-Schubert recital this evening in a program that also marks the acclaimed Norwegian soprano’s debut. Tonight’s performance is but one chapter in an international tour bringing these two artists to many of the world’s premier Art Song stages. TOI TOI TOI!!!

06/02/2026

Étude Arts joins the global opera family in celebration of the life of Speight Jenkins.

While we have learned today of Speight’s passing, there is no doubt that his impact upon Seattle Opera, creatives throughout the world, artistic administrators, and artist managers stands without peer. Speight Jenkins was transformative for the art form, he was a champion for the voices who deserved their rightful place on his stage, he was a mentor, and even for someone as busy and as involved (by choice) as he was, he always had time to converse, to learn, to banter, and - perhaps most notably - to be authentic.

Our world is smaller today without Speight Jenkins and, yet, greater because of Speight and because of his unbridled passion for Opera and the communities the art form has reached and will continue to touch for generations.

General Director of the Seattle Opera since 1983, Speight Jenkins i...

05/30/2026

Étude Arts celebrates making his debut tonight at as Tamino in Barrie Kosky’s film noir-inspired Magic Flute — a production that casts Mozart’s luminous fairy tale in shadows and silver light. With performances May 30 through June 21, the run carries an additional weight of occasion: James Conlon, one of opera’s most distinguished conductors, brings down the curtain on his legendary tenure as LA Opera Music Director with one of the world’s most beloved works. A young tenor steps into the light of Los Angeles for the first time. A Maestro takes his final bow. And Mozart, as ever, endures. TOI TOI TOI!!!

05/27/2026

Étude Arts celebrates as he returns to Prague’s foremost concert stage for the second time this season — and for a truly landmark occasion: his role debut as the titular Faust in Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust. In this sold-out engagement, the acclaimed American tenor joins under the distinguished baton of Tomáš Netopil, with whom he collaborates for the first time — a meeting of artists that deepens still further his profound and abiding affinity with the music of Berlioz. TOI TOI TOI!!!

05/25/2026

Étude Arts proudly celebrates Canadian star tenor who makes his role debut as the master craftsman and delightfully small-minded Mime as wraps up its 2025-26 season with Siegfried — and what a season it’s been, eh! TOI TOI TOI!!!