A lovesick dope wins the help of his special lady with a magic love potion that’s really cheap red wine.
Colorful production of audience favorite featuring new sets by Seattle Opera and memorable costumes from Zandra Rhodes.
Explore the 1985/86 Cosi fan tutte Program!
Listen to some of the silliest music in all opera!
The first Young Artists Program opera directed by Peter Kazaras!
A huge cast assembled for Strauss’s great comedy.
Hear audience laughter drowning out Mozart’s music!
Explore the 1992/93 Barber of Seville Program!
Explore the 2007 Young Artists Program Falstaff Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!
Explore the 2006/07 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Explore the 2006/07 L’Italiana in Algeri Program!
Explore the 2003/04 Ariadne auf Naxos Program!
Harolyn Blackwell’s Seattle Opera debut!
Explore the 1968/69 Elixir of Love Program!
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
The world’s favorite operetta, starring several popular television stars of the day.
Richard Stilwell, Sheri Greenawald, Vinson Cole and others starred in Mozart’s thought-provoking comedy.
Explore the 2009 Young Artists Program Cosi Fan Tutte Program!
Seattle Opera’s first production of Mozart’s great fairy-tale.
Britten’s Shakespeare, set in a magical boarding school!
Hear Brian Asawa’s award-winning performance in Xerxes!
Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.
Explore the 1987/88 Magic FluteM Program!
Tenor and baritone fight—not for the soprano’s love, but to escape her!
Explore the 1999 Young Artists Program The Marriage of Figaro Program!
Explore the 2005 Young Artists Program Marriage of Figaro Program!
Explore the 1980/81 Don Pasquale Program!
Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance at UW’s Meany Hall!
Explore the 2008 Young Artists Program Enchanted Child, Gianni Schicchi Program!
Images highlighting 1991’s Ariadne of Naxos
Explore the 1973/74 Cosi Fan Tutte Program!
Listen to one of Puccini’s most beloved melodies.
Explore the 1987/88 Die Fledermaus Program!
A stylish, sexy production of what’s been called the ‘perfect’ opera.
A serenade gone hilariously wrong!
Explore the 2010/11 The Barber of Seville Program!
Explore the 1999/2000 Barber of Seville Program!
A unique revival in which the alternating Rosinas were performed by different voice types.
Explore the 1982/83 Barber of Seville Program!
Drag, disguise, and dummies make Die Fledermaus one of the world’s most popular operettas!
An amusing production of Mozart’s beloved comedy.
A Cinderella comedy without the glass slipper–but with a hilariously pompous stepfather and a rogue servant.
Explore the 1972/73 La Perichole Program!
Explore the 1984/85 Elixir of Love Program!
Starring June Anderson as Rosina!
Explore the 1997/98 Elixir of Love Program!
Explore the 2008 Young Artists Program Trouble in Tahiti & Rita Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Cavalleria Rusticana and Gianni Schicchi Program!
Explore the 1981/82 Die Fledermaus Program!
Hear the lively conclusion to Verdi’s great comedy.
Explore the 1997/98 Marriage of Figaro Program!
Listen to highlights from Mozart’s perfect opera.
Jonathan Miller’s startlingly contemporary production.
Explore the 1989/90 Daughter of the Regiment Program!
A ‘Just Add Water’ Così that toured the state in the fall of 2009.
Explore the 2013 Young Artists Program King for a Day program!
The world’s first opera buffa, toured around Washington by the Young Artists.
“I think this is getting too silly!”
Puccini’s great comedy in a brilliant YAP production!
Régine Crespin’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 2009 Young Artists Program A Midsummer Night’s Dream Program!
Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!
Explore the 2010/11 The Magic Flute Program!
Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Ariadne Auf Naxos Program!
Explore the 1974/75 Barber of Seville Program!
Seattle’s first completely comic opera!
Listen to musical highlights from Donizetti’s charming operetta.
An old fool makes the mistake of a lifetime when he marries a pretty young thing.
Explore the 1975/76 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
The second Seattle Opera staging of Verdi’s final opera was directed by Shakespearean veteran Chris Alexander.
Explore the 1998/99 Die Fledermaus Program!
Mirth and madness from the master of operatic mayhem!
Explore the 2012/13 Cinderella Program!
Chris Alexander’s first award-winning production.
Peter Kazaras’ lively staging featured Mariusz Kwiecien heading up a colorful cast of characters.
Explore the 1991/92 Cosi fan tutte Program!
Explore the 1970/71 Marriage of Figaro Program!
Young love triumphs over aged tyranny in this most popular of opera comedies.
Explore the 1983/84 Marriage of Figaro Program!
Our colorful first production of the Strauss-Hofmannsthal charmer!
Sir Geraint Evans returns!
Explore the 1968/69 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Explore the 2012 Young Artists Program Don Pasquale Program!
An adorable young cast in Mozart’s whirligig comedy.
Explore the 1998 Young Artists Program Cosi fan tutte Program!
Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.
Explore the 1977/78 Falstaff Program!
The Young Artists’ only German-language production!
A double-cast production: soprano Sarah Coburn performed Rosina one and mezzo Kate Lindsey in the other!
Explore the 1973/74 Daughter of the Regiment Program!
Seattle Opera’s first production of Verdi’s comic Shakespearean masterpiece.
Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Hear Robert Orth sing “Da geh’ ich zu Maxims”!
Explore the 2000/01 Falstaff Program!
Explore the 1966/67 The Barber of Seville Program!
Starring Dale Duesing as Eisenstein!
Cinderella—as Seattle Opera had never seen her before!
Explore the 1990/91 Ariadne auf Naxos Program!
Operatic fun for everyone in a colorful Cinderella!
Explore the 1997/98 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Magic Flute Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Cinderella Program!
A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.
Speight remembers how Nuremberg came to Seattle.
Explore the 2001 Young Artists Program La Cenerentola Program!
Cinderella comes to Seattle Opera for the first time.
Our Young Artists rise to the challenge of Britten’s Shakespeare!
Angels aloft! And sliding down a giant playground slide in this familiar fairy-tale.
Starring Kaaren Erickson as Susanna.
A lively production of Rossini’s great comedy.
Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Viva la Mamma! Program!
The Young Artists take on Rossini’s Cinderella!
Our only performance of this charming operetta.
Explore the 1986/87 Don Pasquale Program!
Explore the 2005/06 Die Fledermaus Program!
A sumptuous production of Richard Strauss’s most popular opera.
Donizetti’s charming comedy about a magic bottle of wine.
Mozart’s beloved comedy performed by an adorable young cast.
A great accomplishment by Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program.
Listen to highlights from Strauss’s outrageous tragicomedy.
Explore the 1969/70 Die Fledermaus Program!
Listen to some of Mozart’s greatest music, from performances in 1999 and 2011.
The first Seattle Opera appearance of the appealing Mary Costa.
Images highlighting 1990’s Gianni Schicchi
Explore the 1999/2000 Magic Flute Program
Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!
A lively Young Artists production of Mozart’s comedy.
Mozart’s problem comedy—with a time machine!
Maurice Sendak’s beautiful production of Mozart’s fairy-tale.
YAP moved to UW’s Meany Hall for this lively comedy.
The climax of Don Magnifico’s ridiculous “dream” aria.
Donizetti’s cautionary tale about an old man with a young wife.
Explore the 1995/96 Cinderella Program!
Listen to highlights from this effervescent Rossini comedy!
Explore the 1981/82 Abduction from the Seraglio Program!
Mamma knows best…not!
Who says Wagner singers are no fun?
Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 2005/06 Cosi fan tutte Program!
Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance of Mozart’s intriguing comedy.
Explore the 2009/10 Falstaff Program!
Explore the 2002/03 Don Pasquale Program!
Explore the 2008/09 The Marriage of Figaro Program!
Explore the 2004 Young Artists Program Cosi fan tutte Program!