For its first three years, Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program brought promising young singers to Seattle for 10 weeks, culminating in the production of a Mozart/Da Ponte comedy at Bellevue's Meydenbauer Centre. Several of the singers from those early years have gone on to major careers.

Seunghye Lee (Despina), Brad Alexander (Don Alfonso), Brandon Jovanovich (Ferrando), and Jennifer Hines (Dorabella) in the Young Artists Program Così fan tutte, 1998 © Greg Eastman

Lawrence Brownlee (Don Ottavio) in the Young Artists Program production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, 2000 © Gary Smith

Mary Elizabeth Williams (Donna Elvira) in the Young Artists Program production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, 2000 © Gary Smith