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