Glynn Ross comissioned a new Pasatieri chamber opera for a church in Medina.
Footage from the fun open house that kicked off our 2013 RING.
Patricia Racette in her Seattle debut.
A McCaw Hall Open House celebrating everyone’s favorite rags-to-riches heroine!
An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.
Opera education and outreach, ’70s-style!
Grade-schoolers performing side-by-side with Seattle Opera Young Artists!
A special Halloween treat from fall 2010!
Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!
The announcement of Seattle Opera’s third General Director.
Program for 1972/73 Manon Lescaut–the production that launched our Scenic Studios and Costume Shop.
A great teacher who turned many in our community on to the beauty and power of opera.
Seattle Opera’s flagship education program has been introducing young people to opera for almost 30 years.
A precursor of Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program.
A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.
Seattle Opera’s first season!
350 schoolchildren starred in a Seattle Opera production in 1973!
A group who have been promoting opera in Seattle since before Seattle Opera was born!
Images from the first few years of our Young Artists Program!
Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.
A McCaw Hall open house full of Mozart-inspired musical madness.
Speight lectures on the Ring in the summer of 1982.
Tenor and baritone fight—not for the soprano’s love, but to escape her!
More than 8,000 Seattelites enjoyed Madama Butterfly on the night of our first-ever Simulcast!
YAP’s first ‘black-box’ opera tour!
Wagner’s mighty epic performed for–and by!–kids all over Washington State.
A favorite young composer of ours in the 1970s!
A 1982 article about Glynn Ross and Seattle’s Ring.
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Listen to the 2012/13 YAPs celebrating Verdi in style!
Seattle Opera’s Community and Artist Relations Manager has been with the company since the late ’70s.
The world’s first opera buffa, toured around Washington by the Young Artists.
A pioneer opera education program, which later became a model for programs nationwide.
Mayor Greg Nickels honored Speight’s 25th with a proclamation.
A ‘Just Add Water’ Così that toured the state in the fall of 2009.
Our Young Artists saluted Giuseppe Verdi in style for his bicentennial!
R. M. Campbell’s obituary recaps the remarkable career of Glynn Ross.
From the book, “Classical Music in America”
A McCaw Hall open house full of fun, music, and hair!
The career of an artist who gave much to Seattle Opera.
Meet the invaluable volunteers who help visiting artists live in Seattle.
Young adults have all the fun at Seattle Opera!
Remarks from the award ceremony
Mamma knows best…not!
Phil Kelsey has been at the heart of Seattle Opera’s music department since 1983.
The ancient history of our performance space!
25 Years of Backstage Passes collected by soprano Donna Baldwin, a member of our chorus.
