This production of Mozart's popular comedy was directed by Stephen Terrell. It featured the Seattle Opera debut of Arthur Woodley, who went on to sing many varied parts for the company; and also the first set of English captions written by Jonathan Dean, who has written most of Seattle Opera's English captions in-house ever since.

Mary Mills (Susanna), Mika Shigematsu (Cherubino), and Robert Orth (Count Almaviva) in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, 1997h © Gary Smith

Mary Mills (Susanna) and Richard Bernstein (Figaro) in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, 1997 © Gary Smith

Mary Mills (Susanna) and Robert Orth (Count Almaviva) in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, 1997 © Gary Smith

Arthur Woodley (Dr. Bartolo), Mary Mills (Susanna), Richard Bernstein (Figaro), and Mimi Lerner (Marcellina) in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, 1997 © Gary Smith

Mary Mills (Susanna) and Robert Orth (Count Almaviva) in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, 1997 © Gary Smith

Helen Donath (the Countess), Mika Shigematsu (Cherubino), and Mary Mills (Susanna) in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, 1997 © Gary Smith