Explore the 1968/69 Andrea Chenier Program!
The second Seattle Opera staging of Verdi’s final opera was directed by Shakespearean veteran Chris Alexander.
Patricia Racette starred in this heart-breakingly beautiful production.
Watch clips from Seattle Opera’s monumental production from the Goodwill Games!
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
The unforgettable opera that opened McCaw Hall!
Explore the 2005 Ring Program!
Joan Sutherland returned to Seattle as Donna Anna.
Wagner News: “An opera experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Explore the 1970/71 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Hear the great Canadian tenor sing one of his most gorgeous roles.
Explore the 2010/11 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Seattle’s first completely comic opera!
as told by Hans Lehmann
The great Viennese soprano’s only Seattle appearance!
Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.
Two spectacular voices, early in their careers, brought an unknown masterpiece to Seattle.
“Gloomy captain, go on land; seek a faithful woman’s hand! Another seven years rush by; another woman soon must die.”
Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Polish barihunk Mariusz Kwiecien triumphed as Mozart’s seductive bad boy.
Erich Parce makes his Seattle Opera debut.
Two of opera’s darkest characters blend their voices.
Beverly Sills’ only Mimì!
Listen to an amazing feat of bel canto virtuosity from one of our favorite tenors.
The stunning debut of one of our favorite sopranos!
Seattle Opera’s only production of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired tragedy.
A serenade gone hilariously wrong!
Check out the production which caused the first-ever Seattle Times opera-related phone-in poll!
Listen to some of Verdi’s bubbliest music.
The ultimate tale of obsession unfolds in Bizet’s Carmen.
Enter a frozen world ruled by a harsh ice princess–at your own risk!
Explore the 1965/66 La Boheme Program!
New production featured a repurposed set from 2008’s “I PURITANI”.
Peter Kazaras’ lively staging featured Mariusz Kwiecien heading up a colorful cast of characters.
Explore the 2003/04 Parsifal Program!
Starring Seattle Opera’s first African-American singer!
Starring future Artist-of-the-Year winners Lawrence Brownlee and Mary Elizabeth Williams!
A unique revival in which the alternating Rosinas were performed by different voice types.
Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.
A double-cast production: soprano Sarah Coburn performed Rosina one and mezzo Kate Lindsey in the other!
This colorful and imaginative production will return in May 2014.
The first full performance of Seattle Opera’s beloved “Green” Ring.
Explore the 1964/65 Rigoletto Program!
Patricia Racette in her Seattle debut.
A lovesick dope wins the help of his special lady with a magic love potion that’s really cheap red wine.
Three of Seattle’s favorite superstar singers braved the Nisqually earthquake during the run of this Puccini thriller.
Speight remembers how the “Green” RING began its life.
Explore the 1990/91 Anna Bolena Program!
Explore the 1964/65 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Revival of the 1994 production directed by Stephen Wadsworth.
A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.
Roberta Peters was Seattle Opera’s first Lucia.
Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.
None who were there will ever forget Jane Eaglen’s stunning Seattle Opera debut!
Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!
Explore the 1966/67 The Barber of Seville Program!
Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.
Explore the 1989/90 Master-Singers of Nuremberg Program!
One of our favorite baritones sings Alberich’s curse.
Who says Wagner singers are no fun?
Explore the 1977/78 The King of Lahore Program!
When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!
Listen to highlights from Mozart’s perfect opera.
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.
Jane Eaglen stars in Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio 2002.
The Seattle Opera debut of Julian Patrick!
Our first RING in McCaw Hall–and Greer Grimsley’s first Wotan.
Nilsson as the Ice Princess.
Stephanie Blythe curses Verdi’s priests.
A lively production of Rossini’s great comedy.
Explore the 1967/68 Romeo and Juliet Program!
Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
James McCracken brought down the house!
Young love triumphs over aged tyranny in this most popular of opera comedies.
Fiorenza Cossotto stole the show with “O don fatale.”
Seven magic bullets consecrated to the devil wreak havoc in this, the original German Romantic opera.
Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.
Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.
Explore the 1980/81 Aida Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Rusalka Program!
Listen to Corelli’s stunning “Ah, lève-toi soleil!”
Seattle Opera’s first production of the show featuring opera’s most gorgeous tenor-baritone duet!
Explore the 1965/66 Samson and Delilah Program!
Franco Corelli at Seattle Opera.
Explore the 1978/79 Macbeth Program!
Explore the 2004/05 Lohengrin Program!
Explore the 1966/67 Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Program!
Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.
Explore the 1995/96 Andrea Chenier Program!
Explore the 1982/83 Peter Grimes Program!
A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.
Hear Ewa Podles’s award-winning Adalgisa!
Hear opera’s ultimate tenor-baritone duet.
Explore the 1987 Ring Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Turandot Program!
Greer Grimsley’s first Wagner opera—complete with giant animatronic swan!
Hear the performance that won Ben Heppner’s the Artist-of-the-Year Award!
Speight: “A remarkably easy RING!”
Renee Fleming made her Seattle Opera debut in one of her greatest roles.
Explore the 1971/72 A Masked Ball Program!
Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena
Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!
Listen to Sally Wolf’s award-winning LUCIA Mad Scene!
Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!
Explore the 1990/91 War and Peace Program!
Speight remembers his first great success with the RING.
Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!
Explore the 2007/08 I Puritani Program!
A lovesick girl sings rhapsodies about a fantasy of the man she adores.
Explore the 2007/08 Flying Dutchman Program!
Beverly Sills sang Lucia in Seattle.
Régine Crespin’s Seattle Opera appearance!
The career of an artist who gave much to Seattle Opera.
Explore the 1972/73 La Traviata Program!
as told by Julian Patrick
Explore the 1966/67 Lakme Program!
Sherrill Milnes’s Seattle Opera debut!
Explore the 1967/68 Don Giovanni Program!
Hear an astonishing “Si, pel ciel” from a great American tenor!
Explore the 1984/85 Ballad of Baby Doe Program!
Explore the 1965/66 Il trovatore Program!
Explore the 1971/72 Flying Dutchman Program!
Wagner’s rollicking sea yarn came to Seattle with a famous cast.
“Death with honor before life with dishonor!” A strong production of Puccini’s great tragedy.
John Relyea’s unforgettable “Hoffmann” villains!
Aleksandra Kurzak sings Lucia’s Mad Scene!
Giovanni Martinelli’s one Seattle Opera appearance!
A spectacular cast and walls that dripped blood made for a thrilling night of Verdi and Shakespeare.
Chris Alexander’s first award-winning production.
Explore the 1967/68 Otello Program!
This preview of our third RING production featured the first two operas in the cycle, presented in full one year later.
Hear the three great voices of the rescheduled Tosca after the earthquake.
Starring Greer Grimsley as the Devil!
Watch scenes from this beautiful opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán!
A stylish, sexy production of what’s been called the ‘perfect’ opera.
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
Explore the 2006/07 Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 1964/65 Boris Godunov Program!
Dorothy Kirsten’s Seattle appearance.
Explore the 1971/72 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Sally Wolf won Artist of the Year this season for her extraordinary Lucia.
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
Joan Sutherland wowed the opera-goers of Seattle in 1970 by singing all three ladies in “The Tales of Hoffmann.”
The climax of Don Magnifico’s ridiculous “dream” aria.
Verdi’s most ambitious opera came thrillingly to life in this spectacular production.
A great star, but a compromised performance!
Explore the 1978/79 Don Giovanni Program!
Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!
Explore the 2001 Ring Program!
Speight’s dreams come true with a match made in operatic heaven.
Listen to some of the silliest music in all opera!
The “Green” Ring looked better than ever this summer.
A starry production of Verdi’s great melodrama.
Explore the 1993/94 Norma Program!
Listen to Sutherland and Tourangeau sing the famous “Lakmé” Flower Duet!
Speight finds a new Siegfried–with two days notice!
Veteran Carol Vaness paired with emerging newcomer Jay Hunter Morris in this rarely presented Puccini tragedy.
Hear two of the great Wagner voices of our time, at the peak of their powers.
“The jaws of hell gape wide and swallow all of creation” in some of Verdi’s most powerful music.
Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.
Bizet’s sexy gypsy returns to the main stage!
Starring Dale Duesing, Peter Kazaras, Judith Haddon, and Geri Decker.
Explore the 1968/69 Tosca Program!
Local favorites Vinson Cole, Sally Wolf, and Dale Duesing took on Puccini’s bohemians.
Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!
One performance, one role, two tenors!
Explore the 1987/88 Orpheus and Eurydice Program!
Speight gets the swan just the way he likes it!
“I think this is getting too silly!”
Explore the 2000/01 Das Rheingold, Die Walküre Program!
Mirth and madness from the master of operatic mayhem!
Seattle Opera’s first Traviata wasn’t ours at all—it came from the Met.
The award-winning performance in the first opera in the renovated McCaw Hall.
Explore the 2009 Ring Program!
Explore the 1968/69 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
A beautiful (and beautifully sung) production of one of the most Romantic French operas.
Explore the 1998/99 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Explore the 1994/95 Lohengrin Program!
Explore the 1981/82 Die Fledermaus Program!
William Burden as Orphée implores the Furies to return his Eurydice to him.
Marius Kwiecien sings the Champagne Aria!
