Opera education and outreach, ’70s-style!
Speight lectures on the Ring in the summer of 1982.
25 Years of Backstage Passes collected by soprano Donna Baldwin, a member of our chorus.
A McCaw Hall open house full of Mozart-inspired musical madness.
R. M. Campbell’s obituary recaps the remarkable career of Glynn Ross.
Images from the first few years of our Young Artists Program!
A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.
A McCaw Hall Open House celebrating everyone’s favorite rags-to-riches heroine!
More than 8,000 Seattelites enjoyed Madama Butterfly on the night of our first-ever Simulcast!
Seattle Opera’s Community and Artist Relations Manager has been with the company since the late ’70s.
An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.
From the book, “Classical Music in America”
A precursor of Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program.
Patricia Racette in her Seattle debut.
Grade-schoolers performing side-by-side with Seattle Opera Young Artists!
The career of an artist who gave much to Seattle Opera.
A group who have been promoting opera in Seattle since before Seattle Opera was born!
A 1982 article about Glynn Ross and Seattle’s Ring.
The world’s first opera buffa, toured around Washington by the Young Artists.
A McCaw Hall open house full of fun, music, and hair!
A special Halloween treat from fall 2010!
Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.
Phil Kelsey has been at the heart of Seattle Opera’s music department since 1983.
YAP’s first ‘black-box’ opera tour!
A great teacher who turned many in our community on to the beauty and power of opera.
350 schoolchildren starred in a Seattle Opera production in 1973!
Mayor Greg Nickels honored Speight’s 25th with a proclamation.
Meet the invaluable volunteers who help visiting artists live in Seattle.
Footage from the fun open house that kicked off our 2013 RING.
Tenor and baritone fight—not for the soprano’s love, but to escape her!
Mamma knows best…not!
Our Young Artists saluted Giuseppe Verdi in style for his bicentennial!
The ancient history of our performance space!
The announcement of Seattle Opera’s third General Director.
A pioneer opera education program, which later became a model for programs nationwide.
Listen to the 2012/13 YAPs celebrating Verdi in style!
Remarks from the award ceremony
Wagner’s mighty epic performed for–and by!–kids all over Washington State.
Seattle Opera’s flagship education program has been introducing young people to opera for almost 30 years.
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
A ‘Just Add Water’ Così that toured the state in the fall of 2009.
Program for 1972/73 Manon Lescaut–the production that launched our Scenic Studios and Costume Shop.
Seattle Opera’s first season!
Young adults have all the fun at Seattle Opera!
A favorite young composer of ours in the 1970s!
Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!
Glynn Ross comissioned a new Pasatieri chamber opera for a church in Medina.
