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