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