Without paywall: http://archive.today/2025.12.09-224441/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/arts/music/jubilant-sykes-stabbing-death.html

Jubilant Sykes, a celebrated baritone opera singer, was fatally stabbed on Monday night in his home in Santa Monica, Calif., and his son was arrested in the attack, police officials said.