“Out, damn spot…out, I say!”
Listen to excerpts from Seattle Opera’s English-language RINGS!
Opera education and outreach, ’70s-style!
350 schoolchildren starred in a Seattle Opera production in 1973!
Our first production directed, designed, and built entirely in-house!
Carol Neblett made her debut as Puccini’s coquette.
Performed on an impressive “junk sculpture” set designed by a Jesuit priest, Father L.E. Lubbers.
Erich Parce makes his Seattle Opera debut.
Ashley Putnam took on all three heroines in this production of Offenbach’s masterpiece.
Starring Dale Duesing, Peter Kazaras, Judith Haddon, and Geri Decker.
The return of this great American work, first performed in Seattle in 1970.
Seattle Opera’s first production of Puccini’s beloved tragedy.
Our second production of Puccini’s perennially popular tragedy.
Famed translator and music critic Andrew Porter made his directorial debut.
Puccini’s classic Tosca returns with Ghena Dimitrova.
Rigoletto continues to be a fan favorite with this luxurious 1982 production.
An Aida featuring several RING singers.
Explore the 1999 Young Artists Program The Marriage of Figaro Program!
Explore the 2003 Young Artists Program La Boheme Program!
Explore the 2005 Young Artists Program Marriage of Figaro Program!
The first Young Artists Program opera directed by Peter Kazaras!
Chris Alexander’s first award-winning production.
Seattle Opera’s first production of Mozart’s great fairy-tale.
Seattle Opera’s first production of Verdi’s comic Shakespearean masterpiece.
Anna Moffo’s Seattle Opera appearance!
Our only performance of this charming operetta.
Explore the 2005/06 Macbeth Program!
Explore the 2004/05 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Explore the 2003/04 Ariadne auf Naxos Program!
Explore the 2003/04 Mourning Becomes Electra Program!
Explore the 2002/03 Fidelio Program!
Explore the 2002/03 Don Pasquale Program!
Explore the 2001/02 Salome Program!
Explore the 2001/02 Madama Butterfly Program!
Explore the 2000/01 Tosca Program!
Explore the 1999/2000 Barber of Seville Program!
Explore the 1999/2000 Boris Godunov Program!
Explore the 1999/2000 Magic Flute Program
Explore the 1998/99 Vanessa Program!
Explore the 1997/98 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 1997/98 Marriage of Figaro Program!
Explore the 1997/98 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Explore the 1996/97 Werther Program!
Explore the 1996/97 Turandot Program!
Explore the 1996/97 La Traviata Program!
Explore the 1995/96 Andrea Chenier Program!
Explore the 1995/96 Elektra Program!
Explore the 1995/96 Carmen Program!
Explore the 1994/95 Madama Butterfly Program!
Explore the 1993/94 Tosca Program!
Explore the 1992/93 The Merry Widow Program!
Explore the 1992/93 Pelléas et Mélisande Program!
Explore the 1992/93 Passion of Jonathan Wade Program!
Explore the 1992/93 Barber of Seville Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Ballad of Baby Doe Program!
Explore the 1991/92 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Ariadne auf Naxos Program!
Explore the 1990/91 Cavalleria Rusticana and Gianni Schicchi Program!
Explore the 1990/91 War and Peace Program!
Explore the 1989/90 The Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Explore the 1989/90 Dialogues of the Carmelites Program!
Explore the 1988/89 Madama Butterfly Program!
Explore the 1988/89 Werther Program!
Explore the 1988/89 Romeo and Juliet Program!
Explore the 1987/88 Rigoletto Program!
Explore the 1987/88 Magic FluteM Program!
Explore the 1986/87 Otello Program!
Explore the 1986/87 Tosca Program!
Explore the 1985/86 Eugene Onegin Program!
Explore the 1985/86 Salome Program!
Explore the 1985/86 Manon Program!
A spectacular cast and walls that dripped blood made for a thrilling night of Verdi and Shakespeare.
Watch clips from Seattle Opera’s monumental production from the Goodwill Games!
The world’s favorite operetta, starring several popular television stars of the day.
Thomas Pasatieri’s opera based on the Checkov play.
Seattle Opera’s first original commissioned work.
A great star, but a compromised performance!
Glynn Ross comissioned a new Pasatieri chamber opera for a church in Medina.
Hear Archie Drake sing Gunther–in English!
Explore the 1984/85 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 1984/85 Ballad of Baby Doe Program!
Explore the 1983/84 Elektra Program!
Explore the 1983/84 Force of Destiny Program!
Explore the 1983/84 Marriage of Figaro Program!
Explore the 1982/83 Peter Grimes Program!
Explore the 1982/83 Girl of the Golden West Program!
Explore the 1982/83 Barber of Seville Program!
Explore the 1982/83 Carmen Program!
Explore the 1982/82 Il Trovatore Program!
Explore the 1981/82 Madama Butterfly Program!
Explore the 1981/82 Abduction from the Seraglio Program!
Explore the 1981/82 Rigoletto Program!
Explore the 1981/82 Turandot Program!
Explore the 1981/82 Die Fledermaus Program!
Explore the 1980/81 Don Pasquale Program!
Explore the 1980/81 Manon Lescaut Program!
Explore the 1980/81 Aida Program!
Explore the 1980/81 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Explore the 1979/80 La Traviata Program!
Explore the 1979/80 Fidelio Program!
Explore the 1979/80 Queen of Spades Program!
Explore the 1979/80 Faust Program!
Explore the 1979/80 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Explore the 1978/79 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 1978/79 Don Giovanni Program!
Explore the 1978/79 Macbeth Program!
Explore the 1978/79 Carmen Program!
Explore the 1978/79 Norma Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Boris Godunov Program!
The final cycle produced by Glynn Ross.
A game of musical chairs ensued when several Ring singers switched parts.
By 1980, Seattle’s Ring was a well-known west coast cultural phenomenon.
Explore the 1977/78 Falstaff Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Magic Flute Program!
Explore the 1977/78 The King of Lahore Program!
Explore the 1977/78 Madama Butterfly Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Tosca Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Cinderella Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Otello Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Werther Program!
Explore the 1976/77 Of Mice and Men Program!
Explore the 1975/76 Thais Program!
Explore the 1975/76 Aida Program!
Explore the 1975/76 Eugene Onegin Program!
Explore the 1975/76 Der Rosenkavalier Program!
Explore the 1974/75 Il Trovatore Program!
Explore the 1974/75 Barber of Seville Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Cosi Fan Tutte Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Rigoletto Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Daughter of the Regiment Program!
Explore the 1998/99 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Explore the 1994/95 Lohengrin Program!
A 2001 interview with Archie Drake, by Jonathan Dean.
Edward Sooter made a great addition to our Ring cast at its fifth consecutive summer.
Johanna Meier and Alberto Remedios joined our cast this summer.
Simon Estes was a strong Hagen, and Ute Vinzing joined our Ring for the first time as Brünnhilde.
Explore the 1989/90 Master-Singers of Nuremberg Program!
Explore the 1982 Ring Program!
Explore the 1980/81 Tristan and Isolde Program!
Explore the program for our Summer 1981 Wagner festival, featuring the Ring and Tristan and Isolde.
Explore the 1980 Ring Program!
This colorful and imaginative production will return in May 2014.
The first Ring performed complete within a week in the U.S. in a generation.
The first time the world ended at Seattle Opera!
Hear Archie Drake in this thrilling American premiere.
Explore the 1979 Ring Program!
Explore the 1978 Ring Program!
Explore the 1977 Ring Program.
Explore the 1976 Ring Program!
Our unforgettable War and Peace celebrated the end of the Cold War.
Explore the 1974/75 Ring Program!
Explore the 1974/75 Gotterdammerung Program!
Explore the 1973/74 Siegfried Program!
Explore the 1972/73 Die Walküre Program!
Explore the 1972/73 La Traviata Program!
Program for 1972/73 Manon Lescaut–the production that launched our Scenic Studios and Costume Shop.
Explore the 1972/73 Faust Program!
Explore the 1972/73 La Perichole Program!
Explore the 1971/72 Lucia di Lammermoor Program!
Explore the 1971/72 Flying Dutchman Program!
Explore the 1971/72 A Masked Ball Program!
Explore the 1971/72 La Boheme Program!
Explore the 1970/71 Carmen Program!
Explore the 1970/71 Don Carlo Program!
Explore the 1970/71 Marriage of Figaro Program!
Explore the 1970/71 Tales of Hoffmann Program!
Explore the 1970/71Madama Butterfly Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Salome Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Force of Destiny Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Of Mice and Men Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Turandot Program!
Explore the 1969/70 Die Fledermaus Program!
Our only production of this intriguing American work.
Explore the 1967/68 Fidelio Program!
Local favorites Vinson Cole, Sally Wolf, and Dale Duesing took on Puccini’s bohemians.
An attractive young cast was terrific in this beloved opera about tragic young love.
Enter a frozen world ruled by a harsh ice princess–at your own risk!
