“Gold is a Fine Thing” and many more celebrated arias can be found in this American opera.

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena

A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

Our only production of this intriguing American work.

The return of this great American work, first performed in Seattle in 1970.

The world’s first opera buffa, toured around Washington by the Young Artists.

Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.

The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.

Beloved mezzo Frederica von Stade’s only Seattle Opera appearance!

World Premiere of a new Pasatieri opera!

A beautifully haunting production of Britten’s ghost story.

Tenor and baritone fight—not for the soprano’s love, but to escape her!

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

Angels aloft! And sliding down a giant playground slide in this familiar fairy-tale.

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.

Seattle Opera’s only production of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired tragedy.

Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!

When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!

Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.

Dale Duesing played a Union soldier in over his head in post-Civil War South Carolina.

Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle Opera.

A soprano turned into a butterfly at the climax of Seattle Opera’s first Spanish-language opera!

Featuring the Seattle Opera debuts of Stephen Wadsworth and Peter Kazaras!

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

Maurice Sendak designed this charming production of an opera beloved by all ages.

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

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

Glynn Ross comissioned a new Pasatieri chamber opera for a church in Medina.

Seven magic bullets consecrated to the devil wreak havoc in this, the original German Romantic opera.

This fascinating double-bill won its director Artist of the Year.

This charming folk opera returned to Seattle Opera with an all-new cast.

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

Mamma knows best…not!

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

Our only production of Verdi’s ‘other’ comedy.

Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

Catch a glimpse of Seattle Opera’s first and only production of Lehár’s The Merry Widow.

Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.

The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.

Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

James McCracken brought down the house!

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

The last opera produced in the old Seattle Opera House.

Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.

A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.

The world’s first ‘rock opera’ was Bette Midler’s only Seattle Opera appearance!

Our Young Artists rise to the challenge of Britten’s Shakespeare!

Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.

Based on the Eugene O’Neill play, and revised by the composer for Seattle Opera’s production.

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

A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.