Explore the 1998/99 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Explore the 2012/13 Turandot Program!
Explore the 2007/08 Iphigenia in Tauris Program!
Explore the 2000/01 Billy Budd Program!
Seattle Opera’s first home-grown production of the greatest American opera.
Explore the 2003/04 Girl of the West Program!
The stunning debut of one of our favorite sopranos!
The award-winning performance in the first opera in the renovated McCaw Hall.
Hear the great Canadian tenor sing one of his most gorgeous roles.
Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.
Watch clips from our imaginative second production of Wagner’s Ring.
The first complete presentation of the imaginative Rochaix/Israel Ring 2.
The great Viennese soprano’s only Seattle appearance!
Explore the 1995 Ring Program!
Listen to an amazing feat of bel canto virtuosity from one of our favorite tenors.
Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.
Hear Oreste’s mad scene from Gluck masterpiece, in a co-production created with the Met.
Explore the 1995/96 Andrea Chenier Program!
Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.
Explore the 1990/91 War and Peace Program!
Our first RING in McCaw Hall–and Greer Grimsley’s first Wotan.
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
Don Giovanni as Seattle had never seen it before!
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
Explore the 1993/94 Norma Program!
Polish barihunk Mariusz Kwiecien triumphed as Mozart’s seductive bad boy.
Speight gets the swan just the way he likes it!
Explore the 2007/08 I Puritani Program!
Renee Fleming made her Seattle Opera debut in one of her greatest roles.
Explore the 1987/88 Orpheus and Eurydice Program!
A sumptuous production of Richard Strauss’s most popular opera.
Explore the 1989/90 Dialogues of the Carmelites Program!
Hear two of the great Wagner voices of our time, at the peak of their powers.
A stunning production of Puccini’s grandest opera with an all-star cast.
Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.
The unforgettable opera that opened McCaw Hall!
For Seattle Opera’s only production of this masterpiece, we projected titles above the stage for the first time.
Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena
None who were there will ever forget Jane Eaglen’s stunning Seattle Opera debut!
Explore the 1994/95 Lohengrin Program!
The most familiar music from Wagner’s RING!
A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.
Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.
Explore the 2006/07 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Speight remembers how Nuremberg came to Seattle.
Explore the 1986 Ring Program!
Explore the 1985/86 Die Walküre Program!
Explore the 2006/07 Don Giovanni Program!
Watch clips from Seattle Opera’s monumental production from the Goodwill Games!
Explore the 1985/86 Manon Program!
Featuring the Seattle Opera debuts of Stephen Wadsworth and Peter Kazaras!
Explore the 1997/98 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Speight remembers consecrating McCaw Hall with Wagner’s most Wagnerian opera.
Explore the 1987 Ring Program!
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
A fantastic young American soprano created the role of the heroine’s namesake in Amelia.
Explore the 2008/09 Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung Program!
Dale Chihuly’s designs matched Debussy’s evocative, translucent music perfectly.
Explore the 1990/91Don Giovanni Program!
This fascinating double-bill won its director Artist of the Year.
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.
Explore the 1984/85 Tannhäuser Program!
Listen to Asher Fisch conduct overwhelming music from the first show in McCaw Hall!
Speight remembers when the “Shiite Wagnerites” demanded his head.
Explore the 1992/93 Pelléas et Mélisande Program!
Speight’s dreams come true with a match made in operatic heaven.
Explore the 2003/04 Parsifal Program!
Watch scenes from this beautiful opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán!
Explore the 1990/91 Rusalka Program!
Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.
The Seattle debut of Carol Vaness, a favorite soprano of the Seattle audience.
Wagner News: “An opera experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.
The orchestra mourns the death of a fallen hero.
Explore the 2013 Ring Program!
Explore the 2005 Ring Program!
Greer Grimsley’s first Wagner opera—complete with giant animatronic swan!
Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.
The final outing of Ring 2 was a great success, artistically—and financially!
The moment when the difference between Speight Jenkins and Glynn Ross became apparent!
Speight: “A remarkably easy RING!”
Speight finds a new Siegfried–with two days notice!
Explore the 1990/91 Anna Bolena Program!
Explore the 1989/90 Master-Singers of Nuremberg Program!
Explore the 2011/12 Porgy and Bess Program!
Hear the winners of our International Wagner Competitions!
Explore the 1984/85 Jenufa Program!
