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1998 The Elixir of Love

A lovesick dope wins the help of his special lady with a magic love potion that’s really cheap red wine.

2011 Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

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

1985/86 Cosi fan tutte Program

Explore the 1985/86 Cosi fan tutte Program!

L’italiana in Algeri Act One Finale

Listen to some of the silliest music in all opera!

2005 YAP Marriage of Figaro

The first Young Artists Program opera directed by Peter Kazaras!

1975 Der Rosenkavalier

A huge cast assembled for Strauss’s great comedy.

COSÌ FAN TUTTE Silly Sextet

Hear audience laughter drowning out Mozart’s music!

1992/93 The Barber of Seville Program

Explore the 1992/93 Barber of Seville Program!

2007 YAP Falstaff Program

Explore the 2007 Young Artists Program Falstaff Program!

1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program

Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!

2006/07 Der Rosenkavalier Program

Explore the 2006/07 Der Rosenkavalier Program!

2006 The Italian Girl in Algiers Program

Explore the 2006/07 L’Italiana in Algeri Program!

2003/04 Ariadne auf Naxos Program

Explore the 2003/04 Ariadne auf Naxos Program!

1990 Daughter of the Regiment

Harolyn Blackwell’s Seattle Opera debut!

1968/69 The Elixir of Love Program

Explore the 1968/69 Elixir of Love Program!

“Così fan tutte” Trio at Speight Gala

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

1982 “Hollywood Die Fledermaus!”

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

1992 Cosi fan tutte

Richard Stilwell, Sheri Greenawald, Vinson Cole and others starred in Mozart’s thought-provoking comedy.

2009 YAP Cosi Fan Tutte Program

Explore the 2009 Young Artists Program Cosi Fan Tutte Program!

1978 Magic Flute

Seattle Opera’s first production of Mozart’s great fairy-tale.

2009 YAP Midsummer Night’s Dream

Britten’s Shakespeare, set in a magical boarding school!

Artist of the Year: BRIAN ASAWA as Arsamene

Hear Brian Asawa’s award-winning performance in Xerxes!

2012 YAP King For A Day

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

1987/88 The Magic Flute Program

Explore the 1987/88 Magic FluteM Program!

2007 YAP Rita

Tenor and baritone fight—not for the soprano’s love, but to escape her!

1999 YAP The Marriage of Figaro Program

Explore the 1999 Young Artists Program The Marriage of Figaro Program!

2005 YAP Marriage of Figaro Program

Explore the 2005 Young Artists Program Marriage of Figaro Program!

1980/81 Don Pasquale Program

Explore the 1980/81 Don Pasquale Program!

2012 YAP Don Pasquale

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

2008 YAP Enchanted Child, Gianni Schicchi Program

Explore the 2008 Young Artists Program Enchanted Child, Gianni Schicchi Program!

1991 Ariadne of Naxos

Images highlighting 1991’s Ariadne of Naxos

1973/74 Cosi fan tutte Program

Explore the 1973/74 Cosi Fan Tutte Program!

“O mio babbino caro” from GIANNI SCHICCHI

Listen to one of Puccini’s most beloved melodies.

1987/88 Die Fledermaus Program

Explore the 1987/88 Die Fledermaus Program!

2009 Marriage of Figaro

A stylish, sexy production of what’s been called the ‘perfect’ opera.

JULIAN PATRICK as Beckmesser

A serenade gone hilariously wrong!

2010/11 The Barber of Seville Program

Explore the 2010/11 The Barber of Seville Program!

1999/2000 The Barber of Seville Program

Explore the 1999/2000 Barber of Seville Program!

2011 Il barbiere di Siviglia

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

1982/83 The Barber of Seville Program

Explore the 1982/83 Barber of Seville Program!

1999 Die Fledermaus

Drag, disguise, and dummies make Die Fledermaus one of the world’s most popular operettas!

1997 Le nozze di Figaro

An amusing production of Mozart’s beloved comedy.

1996 La Cenerentola

A Cinderella comedy without the glass slipper–but with a hilariously pompous stepfather and a rogue servant.

1972/73 La Perichole Program

Explore the 1972/73 La Perichole Program!

1984/85 The Elixir of Love Program

Explore the 1984/85 Elixir of Love Program!

1982 Barber of Seville

Starring June Anderson as Rosina!

1997/98 The Elixir of Love Program

Explore the 1997/98 Elixir of Love Program!

2007 YAP Trouble in Tahiti, Rita Program

Explore the 2008 Young Artists Program Trouble in Tahiti & Rita Program!

1990/91 Cavalleria Rusticana and Gianni Schicchi Program

Explore the 1990/91 Cavalleria Rusticana and Gianni Schicchi Program!

1981/82 Die Fledermaus Program

Explore the 1981/82 Die Fledermaus Program!

Final Fugue from FALSTAFF

Hear the lively conclusion to Verdi’s great comedy.

1997/98 The Marriage of Figaro Program

Explore the 1997/98 Marriage of Figaro Program!

Le nozze di Figaro ’09

Listen to highlights from Mozart’s perfect opera.

2006 Così fan tutte

Jonathan Miller’s startlingly contemporary production.

1989/90 The Daughter of the Regiment Program

Explore the 1989/90 Daughter of the Regiment Program!

2009 YAP Così fan tutte

A ‘Just Add Water’ Così that toured the state in the fall of 2009.

2013 YAP King for a Day Program

Explore the 2013 Young Artists Program King for a Day program!

2006 YAP La serva padrona

The world’s first opera buffa, toured around Washington by the Young Artists.

2006 The Italian Girl in Algiers

“I think this is getting too silly!”

2008 YAP Gianni Schicchi

Puccini’s great comedy in a brilliant YAP production!

1969 Der Rosenkavalier

Régine Crespin’s Seattle Opera appearance!

2009 YAP A Midsummer Night’s Dream Program

Explore the 2009 Young Artists Program A Midsummer Night’s Dream Program!

2011 Barber of Seville

Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!

2010/11 The Magic Flute Program

Explore the 2010/11 The Magic Flute Program!

2010 YAP Ariadne Auf Naxos Program

Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Ariadne Auf Naxos Program!

1974/75 The Barber of Seville Program

Explore the 1974/75 Barber of Seville Program!

1966 Barber of Seville

Seattle’s first completely comic opera!

Daughter of the Regiment ’13

Listen to musical highlights from Donizetti’s charming operetta.

2003 Don Pasquale

An old fool makes the mistake of a lifetime when he marries a pretty young thing.

1975/76 Der Rosenkavalier Progarm

Explore the 1975/76 Der Rosenkavalier Program!

2001 Falstaff

The second Seattle Opera staging of Verdi’s final opera was directed by Shakespearean veteran Chris Alexander.

1998/99 Die Fledermaus Program

Explore the 1998/99 Die Fledermaus Program!

1992 Barber of Seville

Mirth and madness from the master of operatic mayhem!

2006 Der Rosenkavalier
Carol Vaness made her role debut as The Marschallin and Maestro Asher Fisch won Artist-of-the-Year honors for conducting...
2012/13 Cinderella Program

Explore the 2012/13 Cinderella Program!

2004 Ariadne auf Naxos

Chris Alexander’s first award-winning production.

2009 Le nozze di Figaro

Peter Kazaras’ lively staging featured Mariusz Kwiecien heading up a colorful cast of characters.

1991/92 Cosi fan tutte Program

Explore the 1991/92 Cosi fan tutte Program!

1970/71 The Marriage of Figaro Program

Explore the 1970/71 Marriage of Figaro Program!

2000 Il barbiere di Siviglia

Young love triumphs over aged tyranny in this most popular of opera comedies.

1983/84 The Marriage of Figaro Program

Explore the 1983/84 Marriage of Figaro Program!

1991 Ariadne auf Naxos

Our colorful first production of the Strauss-Hofmannsthal charmer!

1981 Don Pasquale

Sir Geraint Evans returns!

1968/69 Der Rosenkavalier Program

Explore the 1968/69 Der Rosenkavalier Program!

2012 YAP Don Pasquale Program

Explore the 2012 Young Artists Program Don Pasquale Program!

1999 YAP Le nozze di Figaro

An adorable young cast in Mozart’s whirligig comedy.

1998 YAP Cosi Fan Tutte Program

Explore the 1998 Young Artists Program Cosi fan tutte Program!

1982 Abduction from the Seraglio

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

1977/78 Falstaff Program

Explore the 1977/78 Falstaff Program!

2010 YAP Ariadne auf Naxos

The Young Artists’ only German-language production!

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!

1973/74 Daughter of the Regiment Program

Explore the 1973/74 Daughter of the Regiment Program!

1978 Falstaff

Seattle Opera’s first production of Verdi’s comic Shakespearean masterpiece.

1973 Daughter of the Regiment

Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!

Artist of the Year: ROBERT ORTH as Danilo

Hear Robert Orth sing “Da geh’ ich zu Maxims”!

2000/01 Falstaff Program

Explore the 2000/01 Falstaff Program!

1966/67 The Barber of Seville Program

Explore the 1966/67 The Barber of Seville Program!

1988 Die Fledermaus

Starring Dale Duesing as Eisenstein!

2013 La Cenerentola

Cinderella—as Seattle Opera had never seen her before!

1990/91 Ariadne auf Naxos Program

Explore the 1990/91 Ariadne auf Naxos Program!

2013 La Cenerentola

Operatic fun for everyone in a colorful Cinderella!

1997/98 Der Rosenkavalier Program

Explore the 1997/98 Der Rosenkavalier Program!

1977/78 The Magic Flute Program

Explore the 1977/78 Magic Flute Program!

1976/77 La Cenerentola Program

Explore the 1976/77 Cinderella Program!

2010 Falstaff

A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.

Speight’s Wagner Memories: 89 MEISTERSINGER

Speight remembers how Nuremberg came to Seattle.

2001 YAP La Cenerentola Program

Explore the 2001 Young Artists Program La Cenerentola Program!

1977 La Cenerentola

Cinderella comes to Seattle Opera for the first time.

2009 YAP Midsummer Night’s Dream

Our Young Artists rise to the challenge of Britten’s Shakespeare!

1994 Hansel und Gretel

Angels aloft! And sliding down a giant playground slide in this familiar fairy-tale.

1983 Marriage of Figaro

Starring Kaaren Erickson as Susanna.

1974 Barber of Seville

A lively production of Rossini’s great comedy.

2010 YAP Viva la Mamma! Program

Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Viva la Mamma! Program!

2002 YAP La Cenerentola

The Young Artists take on Rossini’s Cinderella!

1972 La Périchole

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

1986/87 Don Pasquale Program

Explore the 1986/87 Don Pasquale Program!

2005/06 Die Fledermaus Program

Explore the 2005/06 Die Fledermaus Program!

1997 Der Rosenkavalier

A sumptuous production of Richard Strauss’s most popular opera.

1985 Elixir of Love

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

1989 Marriage of Figaro

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

10 YAP Ariadne auf Naxos

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

Ariadne auf Naxos ’15

Listen to highlights from Strauss’s outrageous tragicomedy.

1969/70 Die Fledermaus Program

Explore the 1969/70 Die Fledermaus Program!

The Magic Flute

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

1969 The Elixir of Love

The first Seattle Opera appearance of the appealing Mary Costa.

1990 Gianni Schicchi

Images highlighting 1990’s Gianni Schicchi

1999/2000 The Magic Flute Program

Explore the 1999/2000 Magic Flute Program

2010 Falstaff

Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!

2003 YAP Così fan tutte

A lively Young Artists production of Mozart’s comedy.

1986 Così fan tutte

Mozart’s problem comedy—with a time machine!

1987 Magic Flute

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

2012 YAP Don Pasquale

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

JULIAN PATRICK as Don Magnifico

The climax of Don Magnifico’s ridiculous “dream” aria.

1999 Die Zauberflöte
A penguin-crocodile, floating coloratura queen, and befeathered Nathan Gunn delighted audiences in this final production...
1986 Don Pasquale

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

1996 La Cenerentola Program

Explore the 1995/96 Cinderella Program!

Highlights from 2013 “La Cenerentola”

Listen to highlights from this effervescent Rossini comedy!

1981/82 The Abduction from the Seraglio Program

Explore the 1981/82 Abduction from the Seraglio Program!

2010 YAP Viva la Mamma!

Mamma knows best…not!

2006 Die Fledermaus

Who says Wagner singers are no fun?

1997 Xerxes

Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!

2005/06 Cosi fan tutte Program

Explore the 2005/06 Cosi fan tutte Program!

1974 Così fan tutte

Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance of Mozart’s intriguing comedy.

2009/10 Falstaff Program

Explore the 2009/10 Falstaff Program!

2002/03 Don Pasquale Program

Explore the 2002/03 Don Pasquale Program!

2008/09 The Marriage of Figaro Program

Explore the 2008/09 The Marriage of Figaro Program!

2004 YAP Cosi Fan Tutte Program

Explore the 2004 Young Artists Program Cosi fan tutte Program!