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

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

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

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

Mamma knows best…not!

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

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

Our only production of the Poulenc 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.

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

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

James McCracken brought down the house!

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

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

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

The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.

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

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

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

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

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

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

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

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

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

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

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

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

A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.

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

Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.

The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle Opera.

The last opera produced in the old Seattle Opera House.

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

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.

Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!

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

When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!

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

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena

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.

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

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

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

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

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

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

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

World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!

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

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

Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.

Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!

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

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

Our only production of this intriguing American work.

A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.

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