Speight gets the swan just the way he likes it!
Hear the luscious voice of a great mezzo singing the role she created.
Images highlighting 1991’s Anna Bolena
The great Viennese soprano’s only Seattle appearance!
Carol Vaness made her role debut as The Marschallin and Maestro Asher Fisch won Artist-of-the-Year honors for conducting this revival of Bruno Schwengl’s lavish production.
Explore the 2008/09 Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung Program!
Explore the 2006/07 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Hear Oreste’s mad scene from Gluck masterpiece, in a co-production created with the Met.
Watch clips from our imaginative second production of Wagner’s Ring.
Explore the 1998/99 Tristan and Isolde Program!
For Seattle Opera’s only production of this masterpiece, we projected titles above the stage for the first time.
Explore the 1994/95 Lohengrin Program!
Explore the 1989/90 Master-Singers of Nuremberg Program!
Explore the 1990/91 War and Peace Program!
Listen to Asher Fisch conduct overwhelming music from the first show in McCaw Hall!
The orchestra mourns the death of a fallen hero.
Renée Fleming’s debut as Dvořák’s little mermaid.
Greer Grimsley’s first Wagner opera—complete with giant animatronic swan!
Our only production of the Poulenc masterpiece.
Explore the 1993/94 Norma Program!
Leonie Rysanek’s unforgettable Seattle appearance!
Explore the 1997/98 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Explore the 1984/85 Jenufa Program!
Speight remembers consecrating McCaw Hall with Wagner’s most Wagnerian opera.
Explore the 1995/96 Andrea Chenier Program!
Explore the 2005 Ring Program!
Explore the 2011/12 Porgy and Bess Program!
Explore the 2003/04 Parsifal Program!
Explore the 2009/10 Amelia Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Rusalka Program!
Explore the 2012/13 Turandot Program!
A fantastic young American soprano created the role of the heroine’s namesake in Amelia.
The final outing of Ring 2 was a great success, artistically—and financially!
Seattle Opera’s beautiful world premiere from 2010.
Seattle Opera’s first home-grown production of the greatest American opera.
Don Giovanni as Seattle had never seen it before!
Superstar tenor required! Ben Heppner was the first Andrea Chénier at Seattle Opera since Franco Corelli in 1968.
Explore the 2007/08 I Puritani Program!
Speight’s dreams come true with a match made in operatic heaven.
The Seattle debut of Carol Vaness, a favorite soprano of the Seattle audience.
Hear the German soprano who triumphed at Seattle Opera recently in Fidelio.
Britten’s all-male nautical tragedy made its Seattle Opera debut in a spectacular production from Francesca Zambello, Alison Chitty, and Alan Burrett.
The most familiar music from Wagner’s RING!
Listen to an amazing feat of bel canto virtuosity from one of our favorite tenors.
Renee Fleming made her Seattle Opera debut in one of her greatest roles.
Watch clips from Seattle Opera’s monumental production from the Goodwill Games!
Explore the 2007/08 Iphigenia in Tauris Program!
Hear the winners of our International Wagner Competitions!
The award-winning performance in the first opera in the renovated McCaw Hall.
The unforgettable opera that opened McCaw Hall!
The moment when the difference between Speight Jenkins and Glynn Ross became apparent!
Explore the 2000/01 Billy Budd Program!
Speight remembers how Nuremberg came to Seattle.
Seattle Opera’s only production to date of Wagner’s sunny comedy.
Speight remembers when the “Shiite Wagnerites” demanded his head.
Explore the 1985/86 Manon Program!
Explore this beloved cast, full of beautiful voices and frequent Seattle Opera artists.
A stunning production of Puccini’s grandest opera with an all-star cast.
Our powerful first production of this Gluck masterwork.
Listen to the voice of Seattle’s reigning king of the gods.
Wagner News: “An opera experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Explore the 2013 Ring Program!
Hear the gorgeous trio from “Così fan tutte” sung by three of our favorite singers.
Speight: “A remarkably easy RING!”
The stunning debut of one of our favorite sopranos!
Featuring the Seattle Opera debuts of Stephen Wadsworth and Peter Kazaras!
None who were there will ever forget Jane Eaglen’s stunning Seattle Opera debut!
Explore the 1989/90 Dialogues of the Carmelites Program!
Discover Seattle Opera and Metropolitan Opera’s co-production of Iphigénie en Tauride, claimed as a rare treasure, debuted in 2007.
Explore the 1987/88 Orpheus and Eurydice Program!
Explore the 1987 Ring Program!
Explore the 1986 Ring Program!
Explore the 1985/86 Die Walküre Program!
Explore the 2010/11 Don Quichotte Program!
Explore the 1990/91Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 1995 Ring Program!
Our first RING in McCaw Hall–and Greer Grimsley’s first Wotan.
Explore the 2003/04 Girl of the West Program!
Explore the 1992/93 Pelléas et Mélisande Program!
Explore the 2006/07 Don Giovanni Program!
Speight finds a new Siegfried–with two days notice!
Dale Chihuly’s designs matched Debussy’s evocative, translucent music perfectly.
The first complete presentation of the imaginative Rochaix/Israel Ring 2.
Explore the 1990/91 Anna Bolena Program!
Hear the great Canadian tenor sing one of his most gorgeous roles.
Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.
This innovative new production turned the stage into a library desktop, complete with giant books, ink wells, and feather pens.
Explore the 1984/85 Tannhäuser Program!
Polish barihunk Mariusz Kwiecien triumphed as Mozart’s seductive bad boy.
A rootin’, tootin’ barn-burner of a western with a strong Puccini cast.
A sumptuous production of Richard Strauss’s most popular opera.
Hear two of the great Wagner voices of our time, at the peak of their powers.
Watch scenes from this beautiful opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán!
This fascinating double-bill won its director Artist of the Year.
