A beautifully haunting production of Britten’s ghost story.

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

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

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

The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle 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.

When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!

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

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

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

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

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

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

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

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

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

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!

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

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

Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.

Our only production of this intriguing American work.

The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.

Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.

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

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

Mamma knows best…not!

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

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

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

A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.

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

The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.

World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!

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

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

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

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

Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!

Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena

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

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

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

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

A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.

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

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.

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

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

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

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

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

James McCracken brought down the house!

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

Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.

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