# Seattle Opera Honors Speight Jenkins

> Seattle Opera hosts tribute concert for late general director Speight Jenkins.
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## Seattle Opera Tribute
Seattle Opera hosts special concert honoring Speight Jenkins, its former general director who died in May at age 89.
## Concert Details
The Speight Jenkins Celebration Concert at McCaw Hall on Jan 19 at 7:30 p.m. features works by Puccini, Verdi and Wagner.
## Artists and Performers
Singers Mary Elizabeth Williams and Greer Grimsley, conductor George Manahan and the Seattle Symphony will perform at the concert.
## Jenkins' Legacy
Jenkins led Seattle Opera from 1983 to 2014 and earned professional accolades including a 2009 Mayor’s Art Award and the National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honor in 2011.
## Ticket Information
Tickets go on sale to subscribers and donors at 10 a.m. Wednesday and to the general public 10 a.m. Friday with pay-what-you-wish pricing.
## Key takeaway

Seattle Opera hosts tribute concert for Speight Jenkins, its former general director who died at 89, with proceeds supporting emerging artists.