Mamma knows best…not!

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

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

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

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

Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.

This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.

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

Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about nonviolent resistance.

Seattle Opera’s stirring production of this Verdi rarity.

The last opera produced in the old Seattle Opera House.

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

This romantic French opera features the popular “Flower Duet” and the “Bell Song,” beloved of coloraturas of yesteryear.

Our only performance of this charming operetta.

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

Composed in 1996, this evocative production debuted in Seattle in 1998. It proved so popular it was revived only 7 years later.

A sexy devil bewitched Seattle Opera in 1974.

World Premiere of a new Pasatieri 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.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.

The earliest opera yet presented by Seattle Opera.

Seattle Opera goes psychedelic!

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

Bizet’s exotic bonbon returns, starring William Burden.

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

Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.

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

A touring production of Bernstein’s American masterpiece.

Seattle Opera’s only production of this tuneful comedy.

Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.

The only Seattle Opera appearance of powerhouse bass Cesare Siepi.

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

The first Jake Heggie opera performed at Seattle Opera.

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

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

Our only production of this intriguing American work.

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

James McCracken brought down the house!

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

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

Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.

Jon Vickers as Britten’s tragic fisherman misfit.

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

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

Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena

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

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

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

A beautifully haunting production of Britten’s ghost story.

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

Discover Seattle Opera and Metropolitan Opera’s co-production of Iphigénie en Tauride, claimed as a rare treasure, debuted in 2007.

Britten’s all-male nautical tragedy made its Seattle Opera debut in a spectacular production from Francesca Zambello, Alison Chitty, and Alan Burrett.

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

Joan Sutherland’s Seattle debut!

An imaginative production of a wonderfully magical opera.

The first contemporary opera presented by Seattle Opera.

When Stravinsky and Basil Rathbone appeared at Seattle Opera!

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