Starring Greer Grimsley as the Devil!

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

YAP’s first ‘black-box’ opera tour!

The first performance of Bizet’s classic tale in Seattle Opera history!

Verdi’s most ambitious opera came thrillingly to life in this spectacular production.

Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!

Seattle’s first French-language opera production!

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

This romantic French opera features the popular “Flower Duet” and the “Bell Song,” beloved of coloraturas of yesteryear.

Discover Seattle Opera and Metropolitan Opera’s co-production of Iphigénie en Tauride, claimed as a rare treasure, debuted in 2007.

Offenbach’s masterpiece, in a lovely Gunther Schneider-Siemssen production.

A home-grown team of young designers created a gorgeous production of Gluck’s masterpiece.

A fascinating double-bill of dark twentieth-century masterpieces.

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

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

A seductive production of Carmen that had it all.

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

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

Dale Chihuly’s designs matched Debussy’s evocative, translucent music perfectly.

Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

Two alluring mezzo-sopranos gave us intensely seductive Carmens.

Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.

A beautiful (and beautifully sung) production of one of the most Romantic French operas.

James McCracken brought down the house!

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

Mary Costa and Leo Goeke sang Massenet’s unfortunate lovers.

Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!

The ultimate tale of obsession unfolds in Bizet’s Carmen.

A fantastic cast brings Bizet’s stunning opera alive.

Check out the production which caused the first-ever Seattle Times opera-related phone-in poll!

Bizet’s sexy gypsy returns to the main stage!

Joan Sutherland wowed the opera-goers of Seattle in 1970 by singing all three ladies in “The Tales of Hoffmann.”

Harolyn Blackwell’s Seattle Opera debut!

Starring Norman Treigle as the devil!

Featuring the meltingly honeyed voice of Leo Goeke in the title role.

Erich Parce makes his Seattle Opera debut.

This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.

The unforgettable Seattle debut of Franco Corelli!

A touring production of Massenet’s tragedy about an ‘emo’ artist.

This colorful and imaginative production will return in May 2014.

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

Seattle Opera’s first production of the show featuring opera’s most gorgeous tenor-baritone duet!