Explore the 1969/70 Die Fledermaus Program!
Beverly Sills sang Lucia in Seattle.
Explore the 1974/75 Ring Program!
Wagner’s rollicking sea yarn came to Seattle with a famous cast.
Explore the 1972/73 Die Walküre Program!
Mary Costa and Leo Goeke sang Massenet’s unfortunate lovers.
Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance of Mozart’s intriguing comedy.
Explore the 1976/77 Cinderella Program!
Fiorenza Cossotto stole the show with “O don fatale.”
as told by composer Carlisle Floyd
Explore the 1976/77 Tosca Program!
Italian baritone Matteo Manuguerra shines in Seattle Opera’s second staging of Rigoletto.
Korean soprano Sung-Sook Lee was Seattle Opera’s second Butterfly.
Explore the 1971/72 A Masked Ball Program!
Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Mary Costa was an attractive Desdemona.
Starring Norman Treigle as the devil!
An Aida featuring several RING singers.
Explore the 1974/75 Barber of Seville Program!
as told by Julian Patrick
Explore the 1970/71Madama Butterfly Program!
Our only performance of this charming operetta.
Explore the 1976/77 Of Mice and Men Program!
Simon Estes was a strong Hagen, and Ute Vinzing joined our Ring for the first time as Brünnhilde.
Explore the 1978/79 Norma Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Madama Butterfly Program!
Hear Seattle’s first malevolent Lord of the Ring.
Hear the voice of Seattle Opera’s resident tenor in the ’70s!
Listen to excerpts from Seattle Opera’s English-language RINGS!
A multi-national cast brought Verdi’s tuneful melodrama to Seattle.
Explore the 1970/71 Marriage of Figaro Program!
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Hear the voice of Noel Tyl, one of our first Wotans.
Explore the 1975/76 Aida Program!
Joan Sutherland wowed the opera-goers of Seattle in 1970 by singing all three ladies in “The Tales of Hoffmann.”
Explore the 1979/80 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
A fantastic cast brings Bizet’s stunning opera alive.
Hear Archie Drake in this thrilling American premiere.
Explore the 1972/73 La Traviata Program!
Nicola Ghiuselev sang the title role in Russian, and Giorgio Tozzi sang it in English!
Explore the 1973/74 Siegfried Program!
A new Brünnhilde headlined our second complete cycle.
Glynn Ross begins introducing his favorite opera tetralogy to Seattle.
Explore the 1978/79 Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Falstaff Program!
Hear the SIEGFRIED Riddle Scene–in English!
Our first production directed, designed, and built entirely in-house!
Explore the 1974/75 Manon Progarm!
Explore the 1971/72 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Remarks from the award ceremony
Explore the 1974/75 Gotterdammerung Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Otello Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Turandot Program!
Explore the 1974/75 Il Trovatore Program!
Explore the 1974/75 Mefistofele Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Magic Flute Program!
Hear the voice of Seattle Opera’s founding General Director!
Explore the 1977/78 Boris Godunov Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Daughter of the Regiment Program!
Explore the 1978/79 Carmen Program!
Explore the 1978/79 La Boheme Program!
Klara Barlow was Seattle’s first necrophilic nymphomaniac princess.
Program for 1972/73 Manon Lescaut–the production that launched our Scenic Studios and Costume Shop.
Explore the 1975/76 Eugene Onegin Program!
Hear the mezzo who was Seattle’s original Queen of the Gods.
How Glynn Ross organized the two casts necessary for presenting opera in Seattle.
This Sarajevo Opera production starred some of Yugoslavia’s greatest singers.
Hear Archie Drake sing Gunther–in English!
A 1978 production of Bizet’s thrilling opera.
350 schoolchildren starred in a Seattle Opera production in 1973!
A second Ring opera is added to Seattle’s repertory.
Explore the 1975/76 The Seagull Program!
A huge cast assembled for Strauss’s great comedy.
Hear the voice of Seattle Opera’s first Music and Education Director!
Explore the 1971/72 Flying Dutchman Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Force of Destiny Program!
Explore the 1975/76 Thais Program!
Explore the 1977/78 The King of Lahore Program!
Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!
Explore the 1971/72 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Cosi Fan Tutte Program!
Explore the 1979 Ring Program!
Explore the 1971/72 Black Widow Program!
Explore the program for our Summer 1981 Wagner festival, featuring the Ring and Tristan and Isolde.
Seattle Opera’s first production of Puccini’s beloved tragedy.
Explore the 1970/71 Carmen Program!
Glynn Ross comissioned a new Pasatieri chamber opera for a church in Medina.
Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!
The first time the world ended at Seattle Opera!
The first Ring performed complete within a week in the U.S. in a generation.
Explore the 1972/73 Faust Program!
A favorite young composer of ours in the 1970s!
The return of this great American work, first performed in Seattle in 1970.
Explore the 1979/80 Queen of Spades Program!
“Ride of the Valkyries” — sung in English!
A pioneer opera education program, which later became a model for programs nationwide.
Explore the 1970/71 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Hear the bass who was with us from before the beginning.
A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.
A cast substitution with unexpected results.
Hear the voice of Seattle’s original Ur-Mutter.
Explore the 1978/79 Macbeth Program!
Archie Drake’s first outing as Benoit/Alcindoro–a role he owned for decades at Seattle Opera.
Polish soprano Zdizislawa Donat was a memorable Lucia.
Seattle Opera’s first production of Mozart’s great fairy-tale.
Explore the 1973/74 Rigoletto Program!
Explore the 1977 Ring Program.
Explore the 1979/80 Fidelio Program!
Edward Sooter made a great addition to our Ring cast at its fifth consecutive summer.
Seattle Opera’s first Norma featured powerful singing from Cristina Deutekom.
World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!
Johanna Meier and Alberto Remedios joined our cast this summer.
Explore the 1970/71 Don Carlo Program!
with Glenn Ross in 1970
Excerpt from The Journal of the Wagner Society of Northern California
Explore the 1979/80 Faust Program!
Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.
Explore the 1979/80 La Traviata Program!
Opera education and outreach, ’70s-style!
Seattle Opera’s first production of Verdi’s comic Shakespearean masterpiece.
Cinderella comes to Seattle Opera for the first time.
Erich Parce makes his Seattle Opera debut.
Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.
Explore the 1975/76 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
A lively production of Rossini’s great comedy.
Explore the 1972/73 La Perichole Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Of Mice and Men Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Werther Program!
A great star, but a compromised performance!
Explore the 1969/70 Salome Program!
Explore the 1976 Ring Program!
A precursor of Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program.
Our second production of Puccini’s perennially popular tragedy.
Featuring the meltingly honeyed voice of Leo Goeke in the title role.
Explore the 1978 Ring Program!
