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