Maurice Sendak’s beautiful production of Mozart’s fairy-tale.

Mozart’s beloved comedy performed by an adorable young cast.

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

A starry production of Verdi’s great melodrama.

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

Donizetti’s cautionary tale about an old man with a young wife.

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

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

The Seattle debut of Carol Vaness, a favorite soprano of the Seattle audience.

Back on the mainstage, Verdi’s Il Trovatore impresses again.

The world’s favorite operetta, starring several popular television stars of the day.

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!

Famed translator and music critic Andrew Porter made his directorial debut.

Francesca Zambello’s production boasted “theatrical virtues equaled only by a vintage MGM spectacular.”

A game of musical chairs ensued when several Ring singers switched parts.

Janice Yoes, then Seattle’s Brünnhilde, took on the fearsome title role.

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

Sir Geraint Evans returns!

Starring Seattle’s Siegfried and Brünnhilde, Herbert Becker and Ute Vinzing.

Romanian soprano Mariana Nicolesco was a beautiful Violetta.

Gershwin’s fan favorite comes to life for the first time on the Seattle Opera stage.

Starring the young Carol Vaness as Desdemona.

Starring Kaaren Erickson as Susanna.

A splendid production of Verdi’s masterpiece–complete with live horses!

Bizet’s sexy gypsy returns to the main stage!

The last summer for Ring 1!

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

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

A new Siegfried added to the excitement of Seattle Opera’s most ambitious summer program yet.

Vinson Cole and Kathryn Gameroni were affectingly romantic as the star-crossed lovers.

Donizetti’s charming comedy about a magic bottle of wine.

Mozart’s problem comedy—with a time machine!

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

Glynn Ross’s third and final Turandot–a production worthy of an MGM Bible epic spectacular!

For Seattle Opera’s only production of this masterpiece, we projected titles above the stage for the first time.

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

Starring Dale Duesing as Eisenstein!

A beautiful Renaissance-era production of the Verdi classic.

Josephine Barstow was “a soprano of pantherlike grace and searing intensity.”

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

Despair, madness, and revenge fill the stage in Donizetti’s classic Lucia di Lammermoor.

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

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

Puccini’s classic Tosca returns with Ghena Dimitrova.

Starring Dale Duesing, Peter Kazaras, Judith Haddon, and Geri Decker.

This cast of singers play Puccini’s bohemians in the classic tale of young love and despair.

Barbara Daniels impresses in this production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

Starring June Anderson as Rosina!

A seductive production of Carmen that had it all.

One of the more successful productions from Speight Jenkins’ first season.

The final cycle produced by Glynn Ross.

Carol Vaness takes on the role of Violetta in Verdi’s classic.

Rigoletto continues to be a fan favorite with this luxurious 1982 production.

Ashley Putnam took on all three heroines in this production of Offenbach’s masterpiece.

Carol Neblett made her debut as Puccini’s coquette.

Seattle favorite Dale Duesing starred in the ‘baritone’ version of Massenet’s tragedy.