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