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