Colorful production of audience favorite featuring new sets by Seattle Opera and memorable costumes from Zandra Rhodes.
Explore the 2009/10 Falstaff Program!
Antonello Palombi sings one of opera’s most beloved arias.
The Young Artists’ only German-language production!
Listen to highlights from Strauss’s outrageous tragicomedy.
The Seattle debut of Christiane Libor, with Greer Grimsley as a delicious villain.
Wagner’s mighty epic performed for–and by!–kids all over Washington State.
A Fellini-style Don Giovanni starring a hot group of young artists.
The first commission under Speight Jenkins’ leadership.
Listen to some of Mozart’s greatest music, from performances in 1999 and 2011.
Some of the most joyously noisy music in all opera!
Explore the 2012 Young Artists Program Werther program!
A fascinating double-bill of dark twentieth-century masterpieces.
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
A touring production of Massenet’s tragedy about an ‘emo’ artist.
A rousing overture from the master of Italian opera.
Explore the 2011/12 Orphee et Eurydice Program!
Patricia Racette starred in this heart-breakingly beautiful production.
Our Young Artists saluted Giuseppe Verdi in style for his bicentennial!
More than 8,000 Seattelites enjoyed Madama Butterfly on the night of our first-ever Simulcast!
Explore the 2012 Young Artists Program Don Pasquale Program!
Explore the 2009/10 La Traviata Program!
Explore the 2011/12 Porgy and Bess Program!
Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
Two alluring mezzo-sopranos gave us intensely seductive Carmens.
Cinderella—as Seattle Opera had never seen her before!
Explore the 2013/14 La Voix Humaine/ Suor Angelica Program!
Explore the 2012/13 Turandot Program!
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
Explore the 2010/11 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.
New production featured a repurposed set from 2008’s “I PURITANI”.
Watch Director’s Talk Video with Peter Kazaras
Explore the 2012/13 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 2009/10 Il Trovatore Program!
Listen to highlights from this effervescent Rossini comedy!
Mamma knows best…not!
The most familiar music from Wagner’s RING!
Explore the 2011/12 Attila Program!
A favorite soprano singing a wild aria.
Watch Video: Music with Maestro Asher Fisch
Explore the 2010/11 The Magic Flute Program!
A great accomplishment by Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program.
Explore the 2013 Ring Program!
Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!
A memorable voice in a powerful role.
Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!
Seattle Opera’s first-ever performance at UW’s Meany Hall!
Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Ariadne Auf Naxos Program!
A fantastic young American soprano created the role of the heroine’s namesake in Amelia.
Hear Asher Fisch conduct the TRISTAN Prelude!
Aleksandra Kurzak sings Lucia’s Mad Scene!
YAP moved to UW’s Meany Hall for this lively comedy.
The announcement of Seattle Opera’s third General Director.
Explore the 2011/12 Madama Butterfly Program!
Explore the 2012/13 Fidelio Program!
Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.
Seattle Opera’s first home-grown production of the greatest American opera.
A unique revival in which the alternating Rosinas were performed by different voice types.
Explore the 2011/12 Carmen Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
A double-cast production: soprano Sarah Coburn performed Rosina one and mezzo Kate Lindsey in the other!
A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.
Listen to musical highlights from Donizetti’s charming operetta.
Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.
Operatic fun for everyone in a colorful Cinderella!
Explore the 2011 Young Artists Program Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 2013 Young Artists Program King for a Day program!
Listen to the 2012/13 YAPs celebrating Verdi in style!
Not a dry eye in the house at the end of this gorgeous production.
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
A home-grown team of young designers created a gorgeous production of Gluck’s masterpiece.
Explore the 2010/11 The Barber of Seville Program!
Listen to “My man’s gone now”!
Explore the 2010 Young Artists Program Viva la Mamma! Program!
The orchestra mourns the death of a fallen hero.
Explore the 2010/11 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Explore the 2013 Young Artists Program Viva Verdi Program!
Photos from Seattle Opera’s first production of the decade.
William Burden as Orphée implores the Furies to return his Eurydice to him.
Explore the 2012/13 Cinderella Program!
A stunning production of Puccini’s grandest opera with an all-star cast.
Watch a Video Excerpt