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

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

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

Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.

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

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

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

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

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

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

A beautifully haunting production of Britten’s ghost story.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

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

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

The last opera produced in the old Seattle Opera House.

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

Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.

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

Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.

A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.

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

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

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

Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!

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

The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.

A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

Mamma knows best…not!

World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

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

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

The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle Opera.

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

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

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

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

The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.

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

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

Our only production of this intriguing American work.

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

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!

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

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

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

James McCracken brought down the house!