2010 Il trovatore

Photos from Seattle Opera’s first production of the decade.

Christiane Libor debuts as Leonore

Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.

2010/11 Lucia di Lammermoor Program

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Highlights from 2013 “La Cenerentola”

Listen to highlights from this effervescent Rossini comedy!

2009/10 Amelia Program

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Daughter of the Regiment ’13

Listen to musical highlights from Donizetti’s charming operetta.

2009/10 Falstaff Program

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2012 Orphée et Eurydice

A home-grown team of young designers created a gorgeous production of Gluck’s masterpiece.

2010/11 The Barber of Seville Program

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2012 Madama Butterfly Simulcast

More than 8,000 Seattelites enjoyed Madama Butterfly on the night of our first-ever Simulcast!

2010 Tristan and Isolde

Watch a Video Excerpt

10 YAP Ariadne auf Naxos

A great accomplishment by Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program.

2011/12 Orphée et Eurydice Program

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2011 YAP Werther

A touring production of Massenet’s tragedy about an ‘emo’ artist.

Ride of the Valkyries

The most familiar music from Wagner’s RING!

2010 Falstaff

Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!

2010 YAP Viva la Mamma!

Mamma knows best…not!

Artist of the Year: GREER GRIMSLEY as Wotan

Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.

Ana Lucrecia Garcia as Odabella

A memorable voice in a powerful role.

2011 Barber of Seville

Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!

2012/13 La Boheme Program

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“Nessun dorma” from TURANDOT

Antonello Palombi sings one of opera’s most beloved arias.

2010 Amelia

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

2010/11 Don Quichotte Program

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2010 YAP Viva la Mamma! Program

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2012/13 Fidelio Program

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2010 Tristan and Isolde

Watch Video: Music with Maestro Asher Fisch

2011/12 Carmen Program

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2012 Madama Butterfly

Patricia Racette starred in this heart-breakingly beautiful production.

2011 YAP Don Giovanni Program

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2012 YAP King For A Day

Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.

2009/10 Il Trovatore Program

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2013 La Cenerentola

Operatic fun for everyone in a colorful Cinderella!

“Pace, pace, mio Dio” sung by Mary Elizabeth Williams

A favorite soprano singing a wild aria.

2011/12 Madama Butterfly Program

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2012/13 La Voix Humaine/ Suor Angelica Program

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2011/12 Attila Program

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Asher Fisch Conducts Siegfried’s Funeral March

The orchestra mourns the death of a fallen hero.

Anvil Chorus

Some of the most joyously noisy music in all opera!

2013 La Cenerentola

Cinderella—as Seattle Opera had never seen her before!

2010: Jennifer Zetlan as The Flier in Amelia

A fantastic young American soprano created the role of the heroine’s namesake in Amelia.

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture

A rousing overture from the master of Italian opera.

2011 YAP Don Giovanni

A Fellini-style Don Giovanni starring a hot group of young artists.

William Burden as Orphée

William Burden as Orphée implores the Furies to return his Eurydice to him.

2011 Il barbiere di Siviglia

A unique revival in which the alternating Rosinas were performed by different voice types.

2011 Carmen

Two alluring mezzo-sopranos gave us intensely seductive Carmens.

2012 Attila

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

Artist of the Year: ALEKSANDRA KURZAK as Lucia

Aleksandra Kurzak sings Lucia’s Mad Scene!

From the TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Prelude

Hear Asher Fisch conduct the TRISTAN Prelude!

2012 YAP Don Pasquale Program

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2010/11 The Magic Flute Program

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2013 Aidan Lang To Become Seattle Opera’s Third General Director

The announcement of Seattle Opera’s third General Director.

2011 Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

A double-cast production: soprano Sarah Coburn performed Rosina one and mezzo Kate Lindsey in the other!

Artist of the Year: MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS as Serena

Listen to “My man’s gone now”!

“Così fan tutte” Trio at Speight Gala

Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.

Ariadne auf Naxos ’15

Listen to highlights from Strauss’s outrageous tragicomedy.

2011 Porgy and Bess

Seattle Opera’s first home-grown production of the greatest American opera.

2013 YAP Viva Verdi Program

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2010 Amelia

The first commission under Speight Jenkins’ leadership.

2010 Tristan und Isolde

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.”

2013 YAP “Viva Verdi!” Concert

Listen to the 2012/13 YAPs celebrating Verdi in style!

2011 Don Quichotte

This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.

2012/13 Cinderella Program

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2013 Verdi Bicentennial Concert

Our Young Artists saluted Giuseppe Verdi in style for his bicentennial!

2009/10 La Traviata Program

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2010 Lucia Di Lammermoor

New production featured a repurposed set from 2008’s “I PURITANI”.

2010 YAP Ariadne Auf Naxos Program

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2010/11 Tristan and Isolde Program

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2012 YAP Don Pasquale

YAP moved to UW’s Meany Hall for this lively comedy.

2012/13 Turandot Program

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2012 Fidelio

The Seattle debut of Christiane Libor, with Greer Grimsley as a delicious villain.

2011 Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Colorful production of audience favorite featuring new sets by Seattle Opera and memorable costumes from Zandra Rhodes.

2010 Tristan and Isolde

Watch Director’s Talk Video with Peter Kazaras

“The RING Goes to School”

Wagner’s mighty epic performed for–and by!–kids all over Washington State.

2013 La boheme

Not a dry eye in the house at the end of this gorgeous production.

2011/12 Porgy and Bess Program

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2012 YAP Don Pasquale

Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance at UW’s Meany Hall!

2010 Falstaff

A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.

Artist of the Year: KATE LINDSEY as Amelia

Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.

2012 Turandot

A stunning production of Puccini’s grandest opera with an all-star cast.

2013 La Voix Humaine and Suor Angelica

A fascinating double-bill of dark twentieth-century masterpieces.

2012 YAP Werther Program

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2013 Ring Program

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The Magic Flute

Listen to some of Mozart’s greatest music, from performances in 1999 and 2011.

2013 YAP King for a Day Program

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2010 YAP Ariadne auf Naxos

The Young Artists’ only German-language production!