Listen to highlights from Strauss’s outrageous tragicomedy.
Explore the 2013 Young Artists Program Viva Verdi Program!
Antonello Palombi sings one of opera’s most beloved arias.
Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!
Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.
Listen to musical highlights from Donizetti’s charming operetta.
Explore the 2012/13 Cinderella Program!
Explore the 2013 Young Artists Program King for a Day program!
More than 8,000 Seattelites enjoyed Madama Butterfly on the night of our first-ever Simulcast!
A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.
Explore the 2009/10 Falstaff Program!
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
Some of the most joyously noisy music in all opera!
Our Young Artists saluted Giuseppe Verdi in style for his bicentennial!
Explore the 2012/13 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Viva la Mamma! Program!
Colorful production of audience favorite featuring new sets by Seattle Opera and memorable costumes from Zandra Rhodes.
YAP moved to UW’s Meany Hall for this lively comedy.
Mamma knows best…not!
The Seattle debut of Christiane Libor, with Greer Grimsley as a delicious villain.
Listen to some of Mozart’s greatest music, from performances in 1999 and 2011.
Hear Asher Fisch conduct the TRISTAN Prelude!
Explore the 2011 Young Artists Program Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 2010/11 The Magic Flute Program!
The most familiar music from Wagner’s RING!
A unique revival in which the alternating Rosinas were performed by different voice types.
Explore the 2012 Young Artists Program Werther program!
Photos from Seattle Opera’s first production of the decade.
Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.
Cinderella—as Seattle Opera had never seen her before!
A double-cast production: soprano Sarah Coburn performed Rosina one and mezzo Kate Lindsey in the other!
Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!
Explore the 2011/12 Attila Program!
New production featured a repurposed set from 2008’s “I PURITANI”.
Explore the 2009/10 La Traviata Program!
This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.
Explore the 2010/11 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Operatic fun for everyone in a colorful Cinderella!
Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance at UW’s Meany Hall!
A fascinating double-bill of dark twentieth-century masterpieces.
Listen to the 2012/13 YAPs celebrating Verdi in style!
The announcement of Seattle Opera’s third General Director.
The orchestra mourns the death of a fallen hero.
A touring production of Massenet’s tragedy about an ‘emo’ artist.
Explore the 2011/12 Madama Butterfly Program!
William Burden as Orphée implores the Furies to return his Eurydice to him.
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
Patricia Racette starred in this heart-breakingly beautiful production.
Explore the 2010/11 The Barber of Seville Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
A minimalist new production directed by Peter Kazaras that was inspired in part from the Ambrose Bierce short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
Explore the 2012 Young Artists Program Don Pasquale Program!
Listen to “My man’s gone now”!
A memorable voice in a powerful role.
A Fellini-style Don Giovanni starring a hot group of young artists.
Wagner’s mighty epic performed for–and by!–kids all over Washington State.
Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.
The first commission under Speight Jenkins’ leadership.
Explore the 2009/10 Il Trovatore Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Explore the 2011/12 Carmen Program!
Explore the 2011/12 Porgy and Bess Program!
Explore the 2013/14 La Voix Humaine/ Suor Angelica Program!
Watch Director’s Talk Video with Peter Kazaras
Aleksandra Kurzak sings Lucia’s Mad Scene!
Explore the 2012/13 Fidelio Program!
A favorite soprano singing a wild aria.
The Young Artists’ only German-language production!
Watch Video: Music with Maestro Asher Fisch
A stunning production of Puccini’s grandest opera with an all-star cast.
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
Seattle Opera’s first home-grown production of the greatest American opera.
Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Ariadne Auf Naxos Program!
Explore the 2013 Ring Program!
Listen to highlights from this effervescent Rossini comedy!
A home-grown team of young designers created a gorgeous production of Gluck’s masterpiece.
Explore the 2012/13 Turandot Program!
A great accomplishment by Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program.
Two alluring mezzo-sopranos gave us intensely seductive Carmens.
A fantastic young American soprano created the role of the heroine’s namesake in Amelia.
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
Explore the 2011/12 Orphee et Eurydice Program!
Watch a Video Excerpt
A rousing overture from the master of Italian opera.
Not a dry eye in the house at the end of this gorgeous production.
Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.