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