Erich Parce makes his Seattle Opera debut.
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
Explore the 1965/66 Il trovatore Program!
Watch clips from Seattle Opera’s monumental production from the Goodwill Games!
Young love triumphs over aged tyranny in this most popular of opera comedies.
Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!
William Burden as Orphée implores the Furies to return his Eurydice to him.
Explore the 1982/83 Peter Grimes Program!
Explore the 1971/72 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
The first full performance of Seattle Opera’s beloved “Green” Ring.
The career of an artist who gave much to Seattle Opera.
Dorothy Kirsten’s Seattle appearance.
The ultimate tale of obsession unfolds in Bizet’s Carmen.
Listen to Sally Wolf’s award-winning LUCIA Mad Scene!
Explore the 1989/90 Master-Singers of Nuremberg Program!
Giovanni Martinelli’s one Seattle Opera appearance!
Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena
Listen to highlights from Mozart’s perfect opera.
Explore the 2007/08 Flying Dutchman Program!
Explore the 1966/67 Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Program!
Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
Watch scenes from this beautiful opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán!
Two of opera’s darkest characters blend their voices.
Stephanie Blythe curses Verdi’s priests.
Explore the 1987/88 Orpheus and Eurydice Program!
Hear the great Canadian tenor sing one of his most gorgeous roles.
Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.
Speight remembers how the “Green” RING began its life.
Bizet’s sexy gypsy returns to the main stage!
Hear the three great voices of the rescheduled Tosca after the earthquake.
Hear an astonishing “Si, pel ciel” from a great American tenor!
Listen to some of the silliest music in all opera!
Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.
Sherrill Milnes’s Seattle Opera debut!
Explore the 1967/68 Don Giovanni Program!
Listen to an amazing feat of bel canto virtuosity from one of our favorite tenors.
Peter Kazaras’ lively staging featured Mariusz Kwiecien heading up a colorful cast of characters.
Seattle’s first completely comic opera!
Explore the 1984/85 Ballad of Baby Doe Program!
Starring Greer Grimsley as the Devil!
“Gloomy captain, go on land; seek a faithful woman’s hand! Another seven years rush by; another woman soon must die.”
Explore the 1978/79 Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 1964/65 Boris Godunov Program!
Explore the 2000/01 Das Rheingold, Die Walküre Program!
Explore the 1967/68 Otello Program!
Three of Seattle’s favorite superstar singers braved the Nisqually earthquake during the run of this Puccini thriller.
Speight’s dreams come true with a match made in operatic heaven.
A beautiful (and beautifully sung) production of one of the most Romantic French operas.
Joan Sutherland returned to Seattle as Donna Anna.
Greer Grimsley’s first Wagner opera—complete with giant animatronic swan!
Explore the 2001 Ring Program!
Seattle Opera’s first Traviata wasn’t ours at all—it came from the Met.
Aleksandra Kurzak sings Lucia’s Mad Scene!
Explore the 1971/72 Flying Dutchman Program!
Explore the 2006/07 Don Giovanni Program!
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
The unforgettable opera that opened McCaw Hall!
Explore the 2004/05 Lohengrin Program!
Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.
Jane Eaglen stars in Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio 2002.
Seattle Opera’s only production of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired tragedy.
Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.
A minimalist new production directed by Peter Kazaras that was inspired in part from the Ambrose Bierce short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
Explore the 1980/81 Aida Program!
Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
This romantic French opera features the popular “Flower Duet” and the “Bell Song,” beloved of coloraturas of yesteryear.
The second Seattle Opera staging of Verdi’s final opera was directed by Shakespearean veteran Chris Alexander.
Listen to Corelli’s stunning “Ah, lève-toi soleil!”
Explore the 1970/71 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Verdi’s most ambitious opera came thrillingly to life in this spectacular production.
as told by Julian Patrick
The great Viennese soprano’s only Seattle appearance!
Explore the 1995/96 Andrea Chenier Program!
Speight gets the swan just the way he likes it!
Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!
Mirth and madness from the master of operatic mayhem!
Explore the 1993/94 Norma Program!
Explore the 1965/66 Samson and Delilah Program!
Veteran Carol Vaness paired with emerging newcomer Jay Hunter Morris in this rarely presented Puccini tragedy.
Two spectacular voices, early in their careers, brought an unknown masterpiece to Seattle.
Explore the 2007/08 I Puritani Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Turandot Program!
“Death with honor before life with dishonor!” A strong production of Puccini’s great tragedy.
A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.
Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.
A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.
Wagner News: “An opera experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Revival of the 1994 production directed by Stephen Wadsworth.
A lively production of Rossini’s great comedy.
Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 1971/72 A Masked Ball Program!
A great star, but a compromised performance!
Hear the performance that won Ben Heppner’s the Artist-of-the-Year Award!
as told by Hans Lehmann
“The jaws of hell gape wide and swallow all of creation” in some of Verdi’s most powerful music.
Beverly Sills’ only Mimì!
Starring future Artist-of-the-Year winners Lawrence Brownlee and Mary Elizabeth Williams!
Explore the 1990/91 Anna Bolena Program!
Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.
A serenade gone hilariously wrong!
Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Local favorites Vinson Cole, Sally Wolf, and Dale Duesing took on Puccini’s bohemians.
Speight remembers his first great success with the RING.
Joan Sutherland wowed the opera-goers of Seattle in 1970 by singing all three ladies in “The Tales of Hoffmann.”
Franco Corelli at Seattle Opera.
The climax of Don Magnifico’s ridiculous “dream” aria.
Fiorenza Cossotto stole the show with “O don fatale.”
Explore the 1972/73 La Traviata Program!
Speight: “A remarkably easy RING!”
Régine Crespin’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 2005 Ring Program!
Marius Kwiecien sings the Champagne Aria!
Explore the 2009 Ring Program!
Seattle Opera’s first production of the show featuring opera’s most gorgeous tenor-baritone duet!
Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!
Listen to some of Verdi’s bubbliest music.
Explore the 1967/68 Romeo and Juliet Program!
Explore the 2003/04 Parsifal Program!
James McCracken brought down the house!
Explore the 1998/99 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Nilsson as the Ice Princess.
Check out the production which caused the first-ever Seattle Times opera-related phone-in poll!
“I think this is getting too silly!”
Polish barihunk Mariusz Kwiecien triumphed as Mozart’s seductive bad boy.
Beverly Sills sang Lucia in Seattle.
When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!
A spectacular cast and walls that dripped blood made for a thrilling night of Verdi and Shakespeare.
The Seattle Opera debut of Julian Patrick!
Explore the 1968/69 Andrea Chenier Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Rusalka Program!
Wagner’s rollicking sea yarn came to Seattle with a famous cast.
John Relyea’s unforgettable “Hoffmann” villains!
Hear Ewa Podles’s award-winning Adalgisa!
Explore the 1990/91 War and Peace Program!
A double-cast production: soprano Sarah Coburn performed Rosina one and mezzo Kate Lindsey in the other!
A lovesick girl sings rhapsodies about a fantasy of the man she adores.
Explore the 1964/65 Rigoletto Program!
The award-winning performance in the first opera in the renovated McCaw Hall.
The “Green” Ring looked better than ever this summer.
Explore the 2010/11 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
Renee Fleming made her Seattle Opera debut in one of her greatest roles.
Speight finds a new Siegfried–with two days notice!
Chris Alexander’s first award-winning production.
Explore the 1987 Ring Program!
Roberta Peters was Seattle Opera’s first Lucia.
Explore the 1965/66 La Boheme Program!
The stunning debut of one of our favorite sopranos!
Patricia Racette starred in this heart-breakingly beautiful production.
One performance, one role, two tenors!
Who says Wagner singers are no fun?
Explore the 1966/67 The Barber of Seville Program!
Explore the 1977/78 The King of Lahore Program!
Hear two of the great Wagner voices of our time, at the peak of their powers.
Explore the 1964/65 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.
A starry production of Verdi’s great melodrama.
One of our favorite baritones sings Alberich’s curse.
Sally Wolf won Artist of the Year this season for her extraordinary Lucia.
A penguin-crocodile, floating coloratura queen, and befeathered Nathan Gunn delighted audiences in this final production of the millenium.
This colorful and imaginative production will return in May 2014.
Explore the 1968/69 Tosca Program!
Explore the 1966/67 Lakme Program!
Starring Seattle Opera’s first African-American singer!
Explore the 1978/79 Macbeth Program!
Our first RING in McCaw Hall–and Greer Grimsley’s first Wotan.
A lovesick dope wins the help of his special lady with a magic love potion that’s really cheap red wine.
None who were there will ever forget Jane Eaglen’s stunning Seattle Opera debut!
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
Patricia Racette in her Seattle debut.
A stylish, sexy production of what’s been called the ‘perfect’ opera.
This preview of our third RING production featured the first two operas in the cycle, presented in full one year later.
Hear opera’s ultimate tenor-baritone duet.
This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.
Enter a frozen world ruled by a harsh ice princess–at your own risk!
Listen to Sutherland and Tourangeau sing the famous “Lakmé” Flower Duet!
Explore the 1994/95 Lohengrin Program!
Starring Dale Duesing, Peter Kazaras, Judith Haddon, and Geri Decker.
Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.
New production featured a repurposed set from 2008’s “I PURITANI”.
Explore the 1968/69 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
A unique revival in which the alternating Rosinas were performed by different voice types.
Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.
Seven magic bullets consecrated to the devil wreak havoc in this, the original German Romantic opera.
Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!
Explore the 1981/82 Die Fledermaus Program!
Composed in 1996, this evocative production debuted in Seattle in 1998. It proved so popular it was revived only 7 years later.
