Night of Opera Arias | Springs Resort | August 6

ELIZABETH HANJE, SOPRANO
Second-year Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio artist Elizabeth Hanje is a Tanzanian-American soprano from Vestavia Hills, AL. She is a 2026 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Semifinalist and earned first place at HGO’s 2024 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias. In the 2025-26 HGO season, Hanje sings mainstage roles in Porgy and Bess, Suor Angelica, Silent Night, Family Day Hansel and Gretel.

LUKA TSEVELIDZE, TENOR
A first-year Butler Studio artist from Tbilisi, Georgia, Luka Tsevelidze won second place at HGO’s 2025 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias. Tsevelidze makes his HGO debut as the Ballad Singer in the Butler Studio production of Of Mice and Men in the 2025-26 season. He made his operatic debut as Tamino in The Magic Flute with the Tbilisi State Conservatoire Opera Studio.

LAURA BLEAKLEY, PIANO
Laura Bleakley is a Korean-American collaborative pianist from Honolulu, Hawaii based in Seattle, Washington. Her 25–26 season includes work with Utah Opera, El Paso Opera, Seattle Opera, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. She is on the staff of University of Washington’s School of Music as a coach, guest lecturer, and collaborative pianist. Laura is a graduate of the Houston Grand Opera’s esteemed Sarah and Ernest Butler Studio.

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