Turner-Fischer Center for Opera

Introducing Chase Côté singing the role of Gerald "Mac" McDonald!!

Chase Côté is an emerging baritone pursuing his Master of Music at Louisiana State University under the tutelage of Robert Grayson and Paul Groves. Chase’s upcoming engagements include, the role of Mercutio in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and the lead role “Mac” in the collegiate premiere of Heggie’s opera Before it All Goes Dark both with the Turner-Fischer Opera Center at LSU. Additional credits include King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Opéra Louisiane, Count Almaviva in LSU’s production of Le nozze di Figaro, the titular role of Gianni Schicchi for Art City Opera, Junius in The R**e of Lucretia with Temple Opera Theater, and Tommy Albright in Brigadoon and Masetto in Don Giovanni both at Seagle Festival. In 2025, Chase attended Castleton Festival as a vocal fellow. Chase graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor of Music in 2024.

📅 Date: April 17th at 7:30, and April 19th at 3:00.
📍Location: LSU Shaver Theatre
🎟 Tickets: Can be found at the link in our bio.

Meet Nicholas Dieux singing the role of Gerald "Mac" McDonald!!

Baritone Nicholas Dieux is currently pursuing his Master of Music in Vocal Performance at LSU, studying under Dennis Jesse. A recent graduate of Stetson University, he studied under Dr. Craig Maddox and Dr. Chadley Ballantyne while performing principal roles in mainstage productions including the Forester in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, Lancelot du Lac in Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, Dr. Falke in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, and Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. During his final year at Stetson, Nicholas was a 2024-2025 Opera Orlando Apprentice Artist, appearing in Verdi’s Macbeth and Requiem. He has also performed internationally as Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with Lyric Opera Studio Weimar. Most recently, he reprised Papageno with AVA coach Luke Housner’s Summer Opera Workshop and returned to Weimar to reprise Count Almaviva with Lyric Opera Studio Weimar. This season, he sings the title role in LSU Opera’s production of Le nozze di Figaro and Marullo in Vero Beach Opera’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto.

📅 Date: April 17th at 7:30, and April 19th at 3:00.
📍Location: LSU Shaver Theatre
🎟 Tickets: Can be found at the link in our bio.