Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.

Maurice Sendak designed this charming production of an opera beloved by all ages.

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.

The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.

Composed in 1996, this evocative production debuted in Seattle in 1998. It proved so popular it was revived only 7 years later.

Britten’s all-male nautical tragedy made its Seattle Opera debut in a spectacular production from Francesca Zambello, Alison Chitty, and Alan Burrett.

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

Featuring the Seattle Opera debuts of Stephen Wadsworth and Peter Kazaras!

Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.

Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!

Dale Duesing played a Union soldier in over his head in post-Civil War South Carolina.

The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.

Dale Chihuly’s designs matched Debussy’s evocative, translucent music perfectly.

The return of this great American work, first performed in Seattle in 1970.

This charming folk opera returned to Seattle Opera with an all-new cast.

Seattle Opera’s first production of the show featuring opera’s most gorgeous tenor-baritone duet!

Discover Seattle Opera and Metropolitan Opera’s co-production of Iphigénie en Tauride, claimed as a rare treasure, debuted in 2007.

Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.

Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena

Glynn Ross comissioned a new Pasatieri chamber opera for a church in Medina.

A beautifully haunting production of Britten’s ghost story.

A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.

A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.

The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle Opera.

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

Our only production of this intriguing American work.

Seven magic bullets consecrated to the devil wreak havoc in this, the original German Romantic opera.

This fascinating double-bill won its director Artist of the Year.

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.

Seattle Opera’s only production of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired tragedy.

The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!

Tenor and baritone fight—not for the soprano’s love, but to escape her!

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.

The last opera produced in the old Seattle Opera House.

Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!

Based on the Eugene O’Neill play, and revised by the composer for Seattle Opera’s production.

A soprano turned into a butterfly at the climax of Seattle Opera’s first Spanish-language opera!

James McCracken brought down the house!

Mamma knows best…not!

Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

A fascinating double-bill of dark twentieth-century masterpieces.

Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.

Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.

A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.

Our Young Artists rise to the challenge of Britten’s Shakespeare!

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

The world’s first opera buffa, toured around Washington by the Young Artists.

“Gold is a Fine Thing” and many more celebrated arias can be found in this American opera.

World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.

This romantic French opera features the popular “Flower Duet” and the “Bell Song,” beloved of coloraturas of yesteryear.

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

Angels aloft! And sliding down a giant playground slide in this familiar fairy-tale.

When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!

Catch a glimpse of Seattle Opera’s first and only production of Lehár’s The Merry Widow.

Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!