A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.
This charming folk opera returned to Seattle Opera with an all-new cast.
A beautifully haunting production of Britten’s ghost story.
Explore the 1966/67 Lakme Program!
Dale Duesing played a Union soldier in over his head in post-Civil War South Carolina.
Explore the 2006/07 Julius Caesar in Egypt Program!
Explore the 2003/04 Girl of the West Program!
Our Young Artists rise to the challenge of Britten’s Shakespeare!
Explore the 1984/85 Ballad of Baby Doe Program!
Explore the 1999/2000 Lakme Program!
Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.
Explore the 1967/68 The Crucible Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
Explore the 2001/02 Rusalka Program!
Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena
Explore the 2008/09 Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung Program!
Explore the 1993/94 Turn of the Screw Program!
as told by Julian Patrick
The return of this great American work, first performed in Seattle in 1970.
Hear Brian Asawa’s award-winning performance in Xerxes!
Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.
Britten’s all-male nautical tragedy made its Seattle Opera debut in a spectacular production from Francesca Zambello, Alison Chitty, and Alan Burrett.
Explore the 2006/07 L’Italiana in Algeri Program!
Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Viva la Mamma! Program!
This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.
Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.
Explore the 1993/94 Don Carlos Program!
Explore the 2013/14 La Voix Humaine/ Suor Angelica Program!
When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!
Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!
Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!
Explore the 1976/77 Of Mice and Men Program!
Discover Seattle Opera and Metropolitan Opera’s co-production of Iphigénie en Tauride, claimed as a rare treasure, debuted in 2007.
Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.
Explore the 1990/91 Ballad of Baby Doe Program!
Hear opera’s ultimate tenor-baritone duet.
Explore the 1975/76 Thais Program!
The first commission under Speight Jenkins’ leadership.
Explore the 1965/66 Samson and Delilah Program!
Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.
Explore the 1992/93 Passion of Jonathan Wade Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Anna Bolena Program!
Explore the 1989/90 Master-Singers of Nuremberg Program!
A memorable voice in a powerful role.
Explore the 1989/90 Dialogues of the Carmelites Program!
Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.
Explore the 2007/08 I Puritani Program!
Explore the 2000/01 Billy Budd Program!
The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle Opera.
as told by Hans Lehmann
Explore the 1979/80 Queen of Spades Program!
Based on the Eugene O’Neill play, and revised by the composer for Seattle Opera’s production.
Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.
Mamma knows best…not!
Dale Chihuly’s designs matched Debussy’s evocative, translucent music perfectly.
Explore the 1982/83 Peter Grimes Program!
Catch a glimpse of Seattle Opera’s first and only production of Lehár’s The Merry Widow.
as told by composer Carlisle Floyd
Explore the 2007 Young Artists Program Falstaff Program!
Glynn Ross comissioned a new Pasatieri chamber opera for a church in Medina.
Explore the 1971/72 A Masked Ball Program!
Hear Oreste’s mad scene from Gluck masterpiece, in a co-production created with the Met.
Tenor and baritone fight—not for the soprano’s love, but to escape her!
Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.
Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.
Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.
“Gold is a Fine Thing” and many more celebrated arias can be found in this American opera.
Seven magic bullets consecrated to the devil wreak havoc in this, the original German Romantic opera.
Explore the 1988/89 Romeo and Juliet Program!
Hear Robert Orth sing “Da geh’ ich zu Maxims”!
Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.
Explore the 2005/06 The End of the Affair Program!
Explore the 1984/85 Jenufa Program!
Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!
World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!
This fascinating double-bill won its director Artist of the Year.
Featuring the Seattle Opera debuts of Stephen Wadsworth and Peter Kazaras!
Hear the great Canadian tenor sing one of his most gorgeous roles.
Explore the 1996/97 Xerxes Program!
The earliest composed opera performed by Seattle Opera.
Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 1974/75 Mefistofele Program!
Seattle Opera’s first production of the show featuring opera’s most gorgeous tenor-baritone duet!
Maurice Sendak designed this charming production of an opera beloved by all ages.
Explore the 1992/93 Pelléas et Mélisande Program!
Hear Archie Drake in this thrilling American premiere.
Our only production of this intriguing American work.
Listen to “My man’s gone now”!
The world’s first opera buffa, toured around Washington by the Young Artists.
Listen to Asher Fisch conduct overwhelming music from the first show in McCaw Hall!
Explore the 2008/09 The Pear Fishers Program!
Explore the 2008 Young Artists Program Trouble in Tahiti & Rita Program!
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
Speight remembers consecrating McCaw Hall with Wagner’s most Wagnerian opera.
Explore the 1988/89 Satyagraha Program!
Britten’s Shakespeare, set in a magical boarding school!
Explore the 1997/98 Florencia in the Amazon Program!
Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.
Explore the 2003/04 Mourning Becomes Electra Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Of Mice and Men Program!
A soprano turned into a butterfly at the climax of Seattle Opera’s first Spanish-language opera!
Explore the 1967/68 Romeo and Juliet Program!
The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.
Two of opera’s darkest characters blend their voices.
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
A serenade gone hilariously wrong!
Seattle Opera’s only production of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired tragedy.
Two spectacular voices, early in their careers, brought an unknown masterpiece to Seattle.
Explore the 2006 Young Artists Program The Turn of the Screw Program!
Explore the 1999/2000 Der Freischutz Program!
A fantastic young American soprano created the role of the heroine’s namesake in Amelia.
Our only performance of this charming operetta.
The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.
Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.
Hear Christopher Maltman sing his award-winning Billy Budd!
Explore the 2001/02 Un ballo in maschera Program!
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Watch scenes from this beautiful opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán!
The last opera produced in the old Seattle Opera House.
Explore the 1971/72 Black Widow Program!
The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.
Explore the 1998/99 Vanessa Program!
Explore the 1995/96 Andrea Chenier Program!
Explore the 1982/83 Girl of the Golden West Program!
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
Explore the 1987/88 Orpheus and Eurydice Program!
Explore the 1993/94 The Pearl Fishers Program!
Explore the 2008 Young Artists Program Enchanted Child, Gianni Schicchi Program!
Explore the 2011/12 Attila Program!
Speight remembers how Nuremberg came to Seattle.
Explore the 2009 Young Artists Program A Midsummer Night’s Dream Program!
Explore the 1994/95 Cunning Little Vixen Program!
Explore the 2005/06 Macbeth Program!
Watch clips from Seattle Opera’s monumental production from the Goodwill Games!
James McCracken brought down the house!
Explore the 2007/08 Iphigenia in Tauris Program!
Explore the 2008 Young Artists Program Tatyana’s Letter Program!
A great Italian American soprano in her Seattle Opera debut.
Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.
Explore the 1993/94 Hansel and Gretel Program!
Explore the 1975/76 The Seagull Program!
A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.
Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.
Explore the 1992/93 The Merry Widow Program!
Explore the 2006 Young Artists Program The Tragedy of Carmen Program!
Explore the 1981/82 Abduction from the Seraglio Program!
An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.
Explore the 1990/91 Rusalka Program!
This romantic French opera features the popular “Flower Duet” and the “Bell Song,” beloved of coloraturas of yesteryear.
A fascinating double-bill of dark twentieth-century masterpieces.
A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.
Composed in 1996, this evocative production debuted in Seattle in 1998. It proved so popular it was revived only 7 years later.
Angels aloft! And sliding down a giant playground slide in this familiar fairy-tale.
Explore the 1990/91 War and Peace Program!