Our liveliest production yet of this great comedy!
Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!
A penguin-crocodile, floating coloratura queen, and befeathered Nathan Gunn delighted audiences in this final production of the millenium.
Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.
Bizet’s sexy gypsy returns to the main stage!
Explore the 2009 Ring Program!
Starring Dale Duesing, Peter Kazaras, Judith Haddon, and Geri Decker.
Explore the 2006/07 Don Giovanni Program!
Franco Corelli at Seattle Opera.
Explore the 1978/79 Don Giovanni Program!
Stephanie Blythe curses Verdi’s priests.
Revival of the 1994 production directed by Stephen Wadsworth.
Explore the 1990/91 Rusalka Program!
A great star, but a compromised performance!
The ultimate tale of obsession unfolds in Bizet’s Carmen.
Explore the 1965/66 La Boheme Program!
Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.
A lively production of Rossini’s great comedy.
Starring Greer Grimsley as the Devil!
Seattle Opera’s only production of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired tragedy.
Listen to some of Verdi’s bubbliest music.
A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.
Explore the 1982/83 Peter Grimes Program!
Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!
Hear the performance that won Ben Heppner’s the Artist-of-the-Year Award!
A lovesick dope wins the help of his special lady with a magic love potion that’s really cheap red wine.
This colorful and imaginative production will return in May 2014.
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
Roberta Peters was Seattle Opera’s first Lucia.
Explore the 1967/68 Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 2007/08 I Puritani Program!
Joan Sutherland in a Massenet rarity—also starring the young James Morris!
Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Hear an astonishing “Si, pel ciel” from a great American tenor!
Speight finds a new Siegfried–with two days notice!
Explore the 2007/08 Flying Dutchman Program!
A beautiful (and beautifully sung) production of one of the most Romantic French operas.
Explore the 1984/85 Ballad of Baby Doe Program!
Explore the 1964/65 Boris Godunov Program!
The climax of Don Magnifico’s ridiculous “dream” aria.
Seattle Opera’s first Traviata wasn’t ours at all—it came from the Met.
A unique revival in which the alternating Rosinas were performed by different voice types.
Wagner News: “An opera experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Explore the 1978/79 Macbeth Program!
Dorothy Kirsten’s Seattle appearance.
Explore the 1977/78 The King of Lahore Program!
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
Explore the 1990/91 War and Peace Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Anna Bolena Program!
Starring future Artist-of-the-Year winners Lawrence Brownlee and Mary Elizabeth Williams!
One of our favorite baritones sings Alberich’s curse.
Explore the 1994/95 Lohengrin Program!
Speight remembers his first great success with the RING.
Explore the 1965/66 Il trovatore Program!
Nilsson as the Ice Princess.
Explore the 1964/65 Rigoletto Program!
Listen to Corelli’s stunning “Ah, lève-toi soleil!”
“Gloomy captain, go on land; seek a faithful woman’s hand! Another seven years rush by; another woman soon must die.”
A minimalist new production directed by Peter Kazaras that was inspired in part from the Ambrose Bierce short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
Beverly Sills sang Lucia in Seattle.
Explore the 1967/68 Romeo and Juliet Program!
Patricia Racette in her Seattle debut.
A double-cast production: soprano Sarah Coburn performed Rosina one and mezzo Kate Lindsey in the other!
None who were there will ever forget Jane Eaglen’s stunning Seattle Opera debut!
Peter Kazaras directs Rossini’s popular comedy!
Explore the 1971/72 Flying Dutchman Program!
Listen to Sutherland and Tourangeau sing the famous “Lakmé” Flower Duet!
Veteran Carol Vaness paired with emerging newcomer Jay Hunter Morris in this rarely presented Puccini tragedy.
Young love triumphs over aged tyranny in this most popular of opera comedies.
Polish barihunk Mariusz Kwiecien triumphed as Mozart’s seductive bad boy.
Enter a frozen world ruled by a harsh ice princess–at your own risk!
“The jaws of hell gape wide and swallow all of creation” in some of Verdi’s most powerful music.
William Burden as Orphée implores the Furies to return his Eurydice to him.
Our first RING in McCaw Hall–and Greer Grimsley’s first Wotan.
Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.
Speight’s dreams come true with a match made in operatic heaven.
Two of opera’s darkest characters blend their voices.
Seven magic bullets consecrated to the devil wreak havoc in this, the original German Romantic opera.
Joan Sutherland returned to Seattle as Donna Anna.
Local favorites Vinson Cole, Sally Wolf, and Dale Duesing took on Puccini’s bohemians.
James McCracken brought down the house!
Speight gets the swan just the way he likes it!
Sherrill Milnes’s Seattle Opera debut!
Three of Seattle’s favorite superstar singers braved the Nisqually earthquake during the run of this Puccini thriller.
Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.
“Death with honor before life with dishonor!” A strong production of Puccini’s great tragedy.
Composed in 1996, this evocative production debuted in Seattle in 1998. It proved so popular it was revived only 7 years later.
A lovesick girl sings rhapsodies about a fantasy of the man she adores.
Jane Eaglen stars in Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio 2002.
Patricia Racette starred in this heart-breakingly beautiful production.
The first full performance of Seattle Opera’s beloved “Green” Ring.
Explore the 1981/82 Die Fledermaus Program!
Explore the 1998/99 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Listen to Sally Wolf’s award-winning LUCIA Mad Scene!
Explore the 1970/71 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Explore the 2004/05 Lohengrin Program!
Explore the 1966/67 Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Program!
Chris Alexander’s first award-winning production.
Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.
The “Green” Ring looked better than ever this summer.
Explore the 2003/04 Parsifal Program!
Explore the 1966/67 Lakme Program!
“I think this is getting too silly!”
The Seattle Opera debut of Julian Patrick!
Explore the 1968/69 Tosca Program!
Check out the production which caused the first-ever Seattle Times opera-related phone-in poll!
Explore the 1971/72 A Masked Ball Program!
Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.
Explore the 1989/90 Master-Singers of Nuremberg Program!
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
Hear the great Canadian tenor sing one of his most gorgeous roles.
Aleksandra Kurzak sings Lucia’s Mad Scene!
Explore the 1995/96 Andrea Chenier Program!
Marius Kwiecien sings the Champagne Aria!
A spectacular cast and walls that dripped blood made for a thrilling night of Verdi and Shakespeare.
Explore the 1987/88 Orpheus and Eurydice Program!
The award-winning performance in the first opera in the renovated McCaw Hall.
Hear the three great voices of the rescheduled Tosca after the earthquake.
Explore the 2000/01 Das Rheingold, Die Walküre Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Turandot Program!
Starring Seattle Opera’s first African-American singer!
Explore the 1968/69 Andrea Chenier Program!
Watch scenes from this beautiful opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán!
The stunning debut of one of our favorite sopranos!
A wholly Shakespearean production of Verdi’s great comedy.
Greer Grimsley’s first Wagner opera—complete with giant animatronic swan!
Explore the 1966/67 The Barber of Seville Program!
A starry production of Verdi’s great melodrama.
Mirth and madness from the master of operatic mayhem!
Renee Fleming made her Seattle Opera debut in one of her greatest roles.
Two spectacular voices, early in their careers, brought an unknown masterpiece to Seattle.
When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!
Speight remembers how the “Green” RING began its life.
Explore the 2001 Ring Program!
Beverly Sills’ only Mimì!
Explore the 1968/69 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Sally Wolf won Artist of the Year this season for her extraordinary Lucia.
Hear two of the great Wagner voices of our time, at the peak of their powers.
Who says Wagner singers are no fun?
Joan Sutherland wowed the opera-goers of Seattle in 1970 by singing all three ladies in “The Tales of Hoffmann.”
Seattle Opera’s first production of the show featuring opera’s most gorgeous tenor-baritone duet!
as told by Hans Lehmann
as told by Julian Patrick
Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
John Relyea’s unforgettable “Hoffmann” villains!
Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena
Explore the 1980/81 Aida Program!
This preview of our third RING production featured the first two operas in the cycle, presented in full one year later.
The great Viennese soprano’s only Seattle appearance!
Seattle’s first completely comic opera!
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
Fiorenza Cossotto stole the show with “O don fatale.”
Speight: “A remarkably easy RING!”
Listen to an amazing feat of bel canto virtuosity from one of our favorite tenors.
Watch clips from Seattle Opera’s monumental production from the Goodwill Games!
Giovanni Martinelli’s one Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 1993/94 Norma Program!
Erich Parce makes his Seattle Opera debut.
Explore the 1987 Ring Program!
Hear Ewa Podles’s award-winning Adalgisa!
This romantic French opera features the popular “Flower Duet” and the “Bell Song,” beloved of coloraturas of yesteryear.
Régine Crespin’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Explore the 1964/65 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Explore the 1965/66 Samson and Delilah Program!
Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.
A stylish, sexy production of what’s been called the ‘perfect’ opera.
Explore the 1972/73 La Traviata Program!
This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.
Explore the 1967/68 Otello Program!
The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!
Listen to highlights from Mozart’s perfect opera.
The second Seattle Opera staging of Verdi’s final opera was directed by Shakespearean veteran Chris Alexander.
Hear opera’s ultimate tenor-baritone duet.
Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.
Explore the 2005 Ring Program!
Wagner’s rollicking sea yarn came to Seattle with a famous cast.
A serenade gone hilariously wrong!
Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!
Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.
Verdi’s most ambitious opera came thrillingly to life in this spectacular production.
The unforgettable opera that opened McCaw Hall!
Listen to some of the silliest music in all opera!
One performance, one role, two tenors!
Peter Kazaras’ lively staging featured Mariusz Kwiecien heading up a colorful cast of characters.
Explore the 1971/72 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
New production featured a repurposed set from 2008’s “I PURITANI”.
The career of an artist who gave much to Seattle Opera.
