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