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.

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

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

Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.

Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle Opera.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

Our only production of this intriguing American work.

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

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

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

The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.

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

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.

Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.

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

The last opera produced in the old Seattle Opera House.

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

James McCracken brought down the house!

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

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

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

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.