Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.

A beautiful Renaissance-era production of the Verdi classic.

Donizetti’s cautionary tale about an old man with a young wife.

Starring Dale Duesing as Eisenstein!

A starry production of Verdi’s great melodrama.

A splendid production of Verdi’s masterpiece–complete with live horses!

Vinson Cole and Kathryn Gameroni were affectingly romantic as the star-crossed lovers.

A seductive production of Carmen that had it all.

By 1980, Seattle’s Ring was a well-known west coast cultural phenomenon.

Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!

Despair, madness, and revenge fill the stage in Donizetti’s classic Lucia di Lammermoor.

Starring Kaaren Erickson as Susanna.

Maurice Sendak’s beautiful production of Mozart’s fairy-tale.

A new Siegfried added to the excitement of Seattle Opera’s most ambitious summer program yet.

Back on the mainstage, Verdi’s Il Trovatore impresses again.

Donizetti’s charming comedy about a magic bottle of wine.

The world’s favorite operetta, starring several popular television stars of the day.

This cast of singers play Puccini’s bohemians in the classic tale of young love and despair.

Sir Geraint Evans returns!

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

The final cycle produced by Glynn Ross.

Barbara Daniels impresses in this production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

Famed translator and music critic Andrew Porter made his directorial debut.

Ashley Putnam took on all three heroines in this production of Offenbach’s masterpiece.

Francesca Zambello’s production boasted “theatrical virtues equaled only by a vintage MGM spectacular.”

Mozart’s beloved comedy performed by an adorable young cast.

Gershwin’s fan favorite comes to life for the first time on the Seattle Opera stage.

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

Puccini’s classic Tosca returns with Ghena Dimitrova.

Romanian soprano Mariana Nicolesco was a beautiful Violetta.

Janice Yoes, then Seattle’s Brünnhilde, took on the fearsome title role.

The first complete presentation of the imaginative Rochaix/Israel Ring 2.

The last summer for Ring 1!

Starring Seattle’s Siegfried and Brünnhilde, Herbert Becker and Ute Vinzing.

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

The moment when the difference between Speight Jenkins and Glynn Ross became apparent!

Starring the young Carol Vaness as Desdemona.

One of the more successful productions from Speight Jenkins’ first season.

“Gold is a Fine Thing” and many more celebrated arias can be found in this American opera.

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

Josephine Barstow was “a soprano of pantherlike grace and searing intensity.”

Bizet’s sexy gypsy returns to the main stage!

A game of musical chairs ensued when several Ring singers switched parts.

For Seattle Opera’s only production of this masterpiece, we projected titles above the stage for the first time.

Featuring the Seattle Opera debuts of Stephen Wadsworth and Peter Kazaras!

Rigoletto continues to be a fan favorite with this luxurious 1982 production.

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

Carol Vaness takes on the role of Violetta in Verdi’s classic.

Seattle Opera’s only production of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired tragedy.

Starring June Anderson as Rosina!

Carol Neblett made her debut as Puccini’s coquette.

Our first production of Wagner’s great song of love and death.

Seattle favorite Dale Duesing starred in the ‘baritone’ version of Massenet’s tragedy.

Starring Dale Duesing, Peter Kazaras, Judith Haddon, and Geri Decker.

The Seattle debut of Carol Vaness, a favorite soprano of the Seattle audience.

Glynn Ross’s third and final Turandot–a production worthy of an MGM Bible epic spectacular!

Mozart’s problem comedy—with a time machine!