Seattle Opera is set to present the Speight Jenkins Celebration Concert on Jan. 19, 2027, at McCaw Hall.

The showcase, which will honor the company’s former general director, who died in May at the age of 89, will feature soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams and bass-baritone Greer Grimsley, with George Manahan conducting the Seattle Symphony.

There will be additional guests, who will be announced at a later date.

Jenkins led Seattle Opera from 1983 to 2014. During his tenure, the company produced all 10 of Wagner’s major operas in Seattle and launched the company’s first International Wagner Competition in 2006. Before joining Seattle Opera, Jenkins was an editor at Opera News and hosted the Metropolitan Opera telecasts. He was also a longtime guest on the Metropolitan Opera Quiz.

“There are few people more universally admired across the opera industry than Speight, and he will be remembered both for the impact he made on everyone around him and for his commitment to discovering emerging artists,” General and Artistic Director James Robinson said, per an official press release.