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