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

Bizet’s sexy gypsy returns to the main stage!

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

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

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

Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!

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

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

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

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

Puccini’s classic Tosca returns with Ghena Dimitrova.

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

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

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

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

A starry production of Verdi’s great melodrama.

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

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

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

Starring Dale Duesing as Eisenstein!

The last summer for Ring 1!

A beautiful Renaissance-era production of the Verdi classic.

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

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

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

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

Romanian soprano Mariana Nicolesco was a beautiful Violetta.

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

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

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

A seductive production of Carmen that had it all.

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

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

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

Starring the young Carol Vaness as Desdemona.

Carol Neblett made her debut as Puccini’s coquette.

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

Starring June Anderson as Rosina!

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

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

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

The final cycle produced by Glynn Ross.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mozart’s problem comedy—with a time machine!

Sir Geraint Evans returns!

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

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

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

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

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

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

Starring Kaaren Erickson as Susanna.