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