Speight’s Wagner Memories: 86 RING

How the first go-around of “Ring 2” had some strengths and some weaknesses.

Speight’s Wagner Memories: 85 WALKÜRE

Speight remembers when the “Shiite Wagnerites” demanded his head.

Speight’s Wagner Memories: 84 RING

Speight’s story of saving his first-ever RING from disaster.

1974 Così fan tutte

Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance of Mozart’s intriguing comedy.

1986 RING

The first complete presentation of the imaginative Rochaix/Israel Ring 2.

1985 Die Walküre

The moment when the difference between Speight Jenkins and Glynn Ross became apparent!

1981 Tristan und Isolde

Our first production of Wagner’s great song of love and death.

1984 Ring

The last summer for Ring 1!

1980 RING

By 1980, Seattle’s Ring was a well-known west coast cultural phenomenon.

1973/74 Cosi fan tutte Program

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1979 Ring

Edward Sooter made a great addition to our Ring cast at its fifth consecutive summer.

1978 Ring

Johanna Meier and Alberto Remedios joined our cast this summer.

1986 Ring Program

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1985/86 Die Walküre Program

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1984 Ring Program

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1980/81 Tristan and Isolde Program

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1980 Ring Program

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1979 Ring Program

Explore the 1979 Ring Program!

1978 Ring Program

Explore the 1978 Ring Program!