Glynn Ross begins introducing his favorite opera tetralogy to Seattle.
The first Ring performed complete within a week in the U.S. in a generation.
A new Brünnhilde headlined our second complete cycle.
Hear the mezzo who was Seattle’s original Queen of the Gods.
Explore the 1977/78 Falstaff Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Cinderella Program!
Hear Seattle’s first malevolent Lord of the Ring.
Mary Costa was an attractive Desdemona.
as told by Julian Patrick
Explore the 1972/73 La Perichole Program!
Explore the 1979/80 Faust Program!
Hear the SIEGFRIED Riddle Scene–in English!
Seattle Opera’s first Norma featured powerful singing from Cristina Deutekom.
Explore the 1974/75 Ring Program!
Explore the program for our Summer 1981 Wagner festival, featuring the Ring and Tristan and Isolde.
Explore the 1971/72 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 1975/76 Eugene Onegin Program!
Seattle Opera’s first production of Puccini’s beloved tragedy.
A pioneer opera education program, which later became a model for programs nationwide.
Hear Archie Drake sing Gunther–in English!
Explore the 1970/71 Marriage of Figaro Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Daughter of the Regiment Program!
Explore the 1970/71Madama Butterfly Program!
Beverly Sills sang Lucia in Seattle.
Hear the voice of Noel Tyl, one of our first Wotans.
Remarks from the award ceremony
Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.
Opera education and outreach, ’70s-style!
Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 1969/70 Force of Destiny Program!
Explore the 1971/72 Flying Dutchman Program!
Wagner’s rollicking sea yarn came to Seattle with a famous cast.
Featuring the meltingly honeyed voice of Leo Goeke in the title role.
Explore the 1971/72 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Explore the 1978 Ring Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Turandot Program!
A second Ring opera is added to Seattle’s repertory.
Explore the 1978/79 Macbeth Program!
Explore the 1977 Ring Program.
A precursor of Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program.
World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!
Explore the 1974/75 Gotterdammerung Program!
Explore the 1974/75 Manon Progarm!
Program for 1972/73 Manon Lescaut–the production that launched our Scenic Studios and Costume Shop.
Korean soprano Sung-Sook Lee was Seattle Opera’s second Butterfly.
Starring Norman Treigle as the devil!
The return of this great American work, first performed in Seattle in 1970.
A lively production of Rossini’s great comedy.
Explore the 1977/78 The King of Lahore Program!
A multi-national cast brought Verdi’s tuneful melodrama to Seattle.
Explore the 1974/75 Mefistofele Program!
The first time the world ended at Seattle Opera!
Explore the 1969/70 Salome Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Madama Butterfly Program!
Explore the 1972/73 Die Walküre Program!
A favorite young composer of ours in the 1970s!
Explore the 1971/72 Black Widow Program!
Explore the 1979 Ring Program!
Joan Sutherland wowed the opera-goers of Seattle in 1970 by singing all three ladies in “The Tales of Hoffmann.”
Explore the 1977/78 Boris Godunov Program!
A fantastic cast brings Bizet’s stunning opera alive.
A cast substitution with unexpected results.
A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.
Explore the 1975/76 Thais Program!
Cinderella comes to Seattle Opera for the first time.
Explore the 1972/73 La Traviata Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Siegfried Program!
Explore the 1978/79 Don Giovanni Program!
Johanna Meier and Alberto Remedios joined our cast this summer.
Explore the 1976/77 Tosca Program!
Our only performance of this charming operetta.
Explore the 1976/77 Werther Program!
with Glenn Ross in 1970
Explore the 1969/70 Die Fledermaus Program!
Our first production directed, designed, and built entirely in-house!
Explore the 1975/76 Aida Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Of Mice and Men Program!
Simon Estes was a strong Hagen, and Ute Vinzing joined our Ring for the first time as Brünnhilde.
Explore the 1979/80 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Explore the 1974/75 Il Trovatore Program!
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 1970/71 Carmen Program!
Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!
Explore the 1969/70 Of Mice and Men Program!
Polish soprano Zdizislawa Donat was a memorable Lucia.
Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance of Mozart’s intriguing comedy.
Hear the voice of Seattle Opera’s first Music and Education Director!
A great star, but a compromised performance!
How Glynn Ross organized the two casts necessary for presenting opera in Seattle.
Explore the 1978/79 La Boheme Program!
350 schoolchildren starred in a Seattle Opera production in 1973!
Explore the 1970/71 Don Carlo Program!
Seattle Opera’s first production of Verdi’s comic Shakespearean masterpiece.
Explore the 1979/80 Fidelio Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Magic Flute Program!
Archie Drake’s first outing as Benoit/Alcindoro–a role he owned for decades at Seattle Opera.
This Sarajevo Opera production starred some of Yugoslavia’s greatest singers.
Explore the 1973/74 Rigoletto Program!
Explore the 1978/79 Carmen Program!
Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.
Hear the voice of Seattle Opera’s founding General Director!
Explore the 1974/75 Barber of Seville Program!
Fiorenza Cossotto stole the show with “O don fatale.”
Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!
An Aida featuring several RING singers.
Seattle Opera’s first production of Mozart’s great fairy-tale.
Explore the 1972/73 Faust Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Cosi Fan Tutte Program!
Mary Costa and Leo Goeke sang Massenet’s unfortunate lovers.
Edward Sooter made a great addition to our Ring cast at its fifth consecutive summer.
Explore the 1979/80 La Traviata Program!
Nicola Ghiuselev sang the title role in Russian, and Giorgio Tozzi sang it in English!
Explore the 1970/71 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Explore the 1976 Ring Program!
“Ride of the Valkyries” — sung in English!
Excerpt from The Journal of the Wagner Society of Northern California
Explore the 1979/80 Queen of Spades Program!
Italian baritone Matteo Manuguerra shines in Seattle Opera’s second staging of Rigoletto.
Glynn Ross comissioned a new Pasatieri chamber opera for a church in Medina.
Our second production of Puccini’s perennially popular tragedy.
Explore the 1975/76 The Seagull Program!
as told by composer Carlisle Floyd
Listen to excerpts from Seattle Opera’s English-language RINGS!
A 1978 production of Bizet’s thrilling opera.
Klara Barlow was Seattle’s first necrophilic nymphomaniac princess.
Hear the voice of Seattle’s original Ur-Mutter.
A huge cast assembled for Strauss’s great comedy.
Hear the voice of Seattle Opera’s resident tenor in the ’70s!
Explore the 1976/77 Otello Program!
Explore the 1971/72 A Masked Ball Program!
Hear Archie Drake in this thrilling American premiere.
Hear the bass who was with us from before the beginning.
Explore the 1975/76 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Erich Parce makes his Seattle Opera debut.
Explore the 1978/79 Norma Program!
