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

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

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

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

The last opera produced in the old Seattle Opera House.

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

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

Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.

A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.

When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!

The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle Opera.

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

The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.

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

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

Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena

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

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

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

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

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

Mamma knows best…not!

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

Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.

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

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

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

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

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.

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

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

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

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

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

A beautifully haunting production of Britten’s ghost story.

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

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

Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!

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

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

A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.

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

World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

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

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.

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

Our only production of this intriguing American work.

Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

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

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

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

James McCracken brought down the house!

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

Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

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

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