A double-cast production: soprano Sarah Coburn performed Rosina one and mezzo Kate Lindsey in the other!
“I think this is getting too silly!”
The “Green” Ring looked better than ever this summer.
Roberta Peters was Seattle Opera’s first Lucia.
Explore the 1965/66 Samson and Delilah Program!
Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.
One performance, one role, two tenors!
The Seattle Opera debut of Julian Patrick!
James McCracken brought down the house!
Mirth and madness from the master of operatic mayhem!
Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!
Seattle Opera’s first Traviata wasn’t ours at all—it came from the Met.
Explore the 1968/69 Andrea Chenier Program!
Listen to some of Verdi’s bubbliest music.
Explore the 1981/82 Die Fledermaus Program!
Bizet’s sexy gypsy returns to the main stage!
A starry production of Verdi’s great melodrama.
Jane Eaglen stars in Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio 2002.
Watch clips from Seattle Opera’s monumental production from the Goodwill Games!
Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.
Dorothy Kirsten’s Seattle appearance.
When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!
The stunning debut of one of our favorite sopranos!
William Burden as Orphée implores the Furies to return his Eurydice to him.
Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena
Explore the 2007/08 I Puritani Program!
The unforgettable opera that opened McCaw Hall!
Speight remembers how the “Green” RING began its life.
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
“The jaws of hell gape wide and swallow all of creation” in some of Verdi’s most powerful music.
Giovanni Martinelli’s one Seattle Opera appearance!
Young love triumphs over aged tyranny in this most popular of opera comedies.
Explore the 2004/05 Lohengrin Program!
Seattle Opera’s only production of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired tragedy.
A spectacular cast and walls that dripped blood made for a thrilling night of Verdi and Shakespeare.
Hear opera’s ultimate tenor-baritone duet.
Explore the 1994/95 Lohengrin Program!
One of our favorite baritones sings Alberich’s curse.
Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.
Who says Wagner singers are no fun?
A lovesick girl sings rhapsodies about a fantasy of the man she adores.
Hear the performance that won Ben Heppner’s the Artist-of-the-Year Award!
New production featured a repurposed set from 2008’s “I PURITANI”.
Explore the 1967/68 Otello Program!
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
Explore the 1969/70 Turandot Program!
Two spectacular voices, early in their careers, brought an unknown masterpiece to Seattle.
Explore the 1965/66 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
“Gloomy captain, go on land; seek a faithful woman’s hand! Another seven years rush by; another woman soon must die.”
Explore the 1987 Ring Program!
Starring Dale Duesing, Peter Kazaras, Judith Haddon, and Geri Decker.
Explore the 1970/71 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Explore the 2005 Ring Program!
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
This preview of our third RING production featured the first two operas in the cycle, presented in full one year later.
Explore the 1964/65 Rigoletto Program!
Explore the 1964/65 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Wagner News: “An opera experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Greer Grimsley’s first Wagner opera—complete with giant animatronic swan!
Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.
Chris Alexander’s first award-winning production.
Seattle’s first completely comic opera!
The great Viennese soprano’s only Seattle appearance!
Explore the 1968/69 Tosca Program!
Our first RING in McCaw Hall–and Greer Grimsley’s first Wotan.
Speight’s dreams come true with a match made in operatic heaven.
A serenade gone hilariously wrong!
Listen to Sally Wolf’s award-winning LUCIA Mad Scene!
The career of an artist who gave much to Seattle Opera.
Explore the 1978/79 Macbeth Program!
Explore the 2000/01 Das Rheingold, Die Walküre Program!
Check out the production which caused the first-ever Seattle Times opera-related phone-in poll!
Hear an astonishing “Si, pel ciel” from a great American tenor!
Listen to Sutherland and Tourangeau sing the famous “Lakmé” Flower Duet!
Fiorenza Cossotto stole the show with “O don fatale.”
Explore the 1966/67 Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Program!
Listen to an amazing feat of bel canto virtuosity from one of our favorite tenors.
Explore the 1989/90 Master-Singers of Nuremberg Program!
Starring future Artist-of-the-Year winners Lawrence Brownlee and Mary Elizabeth Williams!
Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!
Explore the 2006/07 Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
Explore the 1964/65 Boris Godunov Program!
Speight remembers his first great success with the RING.
Peter Kazaras’ lively staging featured Mariusz Kwiecien heading up a colorful cast of characters.
Nilsson as the Ice Princess.
Explore the 1968/69 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!
Two of opera’s darkest characters blend their voices.
Explore the 1993/94 Norma Program!
as told by Hans Lehmann
Explore the 2001 Ring Program!
Speight gets the swan just the way he likes it!
Beverly Sills’ only Mimì!
Aleksandra Kurzak sings Lucia’s Mad Scene!
Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.
Explore the 1965/66 Il trovatore Program!
Hear Ewa Podles’s award-winning Adalgisa!
Explore the 2003/04 Parsifal Program!
as told by Julian Patrick
Franco Corelli at Seattle Opera.
Listen to highlights from Mozart’s perfect opera.
Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.
Veteran Carol Vaness paired with emerging newcomer Jay Hunter Morris in this rarely presented Puccini tragedy.
Explore the 1966/67 Lakme Program!
Renee Fleming made her Seattle Opera debut in one of her greatest roles.
Explore the 1971/72 Flying Dutchman Program!
Explore the 1977/78 The King of Lahore Program!
Wagner’s rollicking sea yarn came to Seattle with a famous cast.
Explore the 1982/83 Peter Grimes Program!
Starring Seattle Opera’s first African-American singer!
Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Hear two of the great Wagner voices of our time, at the peak of their powers.
Joan Sutherland wowed the opera-goers of Seattle in 1970 by singing all three ladies in “The Tales of Hoffmann.”
Explore the 1995/96 Andrea Chenier Program!
A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.
A unique revival in which the alternating Rosinas were performed by different voice types.
Hear the great Canadian tenor sing one of his most gorgeous roles.
Explore the 1990/91 Anna Bolena Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!
Polish barihunk Mariusz Kwiecien triumphed as Mozart’s seductive bad boy.
Speight finds a new Siegfried–with two days notice!
“Death with honor before life with dishonor!” A strong production of Puccini’s great tragedy.
Sherrill Milnes’s Seattle Opera debut!
Explore the 1971/72 A Masked Ball Program!
A stylish, sexy production of what’s been called the ‘perfect’ opera.
A lovesick dope wins the help of his special lady with a magic love potion that’s really cheap red wine.
The ultimate tale of obsession unfolds in Bizet’s Carmen.
Sally Wolf won Artist of the Year this season for her extraordinary Lucia.
Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!
Régine Crespin’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Listen to Corelli’s stunning “Ah, lève-toi soleil!”
Listen to some of the silliest music in all opera!
Joan Sutherland returned to Seattle as Donna Anna.
None who were there will ever forget Jane Eaglen’s stunning Seattle Opera debut!
Explore the 1967/68 Romeo and Juliet Program!
A great star, but a compromised performance!
Explore the 1972/73 La Traviata Program!
Local favorites Vinson Cole, Sally Wolf, and Dale Duesing took on Puccini’s bohemians.
The award-winning performance in the first opera in the renovated McCaw Hall.
Watch scenes from this beautiful opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán!
Explore the 1990/91 War and Peace Program!
The first full performance of Seattle Opera’s beloved “Green” Ring.
Explore the 1998/99 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Starring Greer Grimsley as the Devil!
Explore the 1978/79 Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 1966/67 The Barber of Seville Program!
Beverly Sills sang Lucia in Seattle.
Patricia Racette in her Seattle debut.
Erich Parce makes his Seattle Opera debut.
The climax of Don Magnifico’s ridiculous “dream” aria.
John Relyea’s unforgettable “Hoffmann” villains!
Patricia Racette starred in this heart-breakingly beautiful production.
This colorful and imaginative production will return in May 2014.
Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.
A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.
Explore the 1980/81 Aida Program!
Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!
Seattle Opera’s first production of the show featuring opera’s most gorgeous tenor-baritone duet!
Stephanie Blythe curses Verdi’s priests.
Explore the 1967/68 Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Explore the 1987/88 Orpheus and Eurydice Program!
Marius Kwiecien sings the Champagne Aria!
Verdi’s most ambitious opera came thrillingly to life in this spectacular production.
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 1990/91 Rusalka Program!
The second Seattle Opera staging of Verdi’s final opera was directed by Shakespearean veteran Chris Alexander.
Revival of the 1994 production directed by Stephen Wadsworth.
Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.
Explore the 1971/72 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.
Seven magic bullets consecrated to the devil wreak havoc in this, the original German Romantic opera.
Explore the 2009 Ring Program!
Speight: “A remarkably easy RING!”
A beautiful (and beautifully sung) production of one of the most Romantic French operas.
Three of Seattle’s favorite superstar singers braved the Nisqually earthquake during the run of this Puccini thriller.
Explore the 1984/85 Ballad of Baby Doe Program!
Explore the 2007/08 Flying Dutchman Program!
A lively production of Rossini’s great comedy.
Enter a frozen world ruled by a harsh ice princess–at your own risk!
Hear the three great voices of the rescheduled Tosca after the earthquake.
