The latest news on performances of Opera in Seattle.
Anita Spritzer's operatic drag holiday show returns to Seattle Opera with pianist Jay Rozendaal and special guests for four performances, featuring festive tunes, holiday gags, and heartfelt stories.
In Seattle, a Salome of Biblical Proportions
Opera Italiana Is in the Air will return to Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell on September 21, 2026 for Harmonies of Peace, a free concert featuring Daniela Machado, Alessio Borraggine and the world premiere of Ethan Hsu's everwander.
Seattle Opera will present Richard Strauss's SALOME, marking the opera's return to the company for the first time in over two decades, with Brenda Rae in the title role.
Opera enthusiasts, and devotees of Seattle Opera in particular, have been grieving the recent loss of a titan whose memory never will be absent from the minds of people who knew and loved him.
Speight Jenkins, who led Seattle Opera for 31 years and transformed it into one of the most respected opera companies in the US, has died at 89, the company announced.
The production, with its flamboyantly portrayed characters and colorful background, fulfilled the most crowd-pleasing elements of the work
With recordings and live performances in 2026, they plan to transform, enchant and move audiences across the Seattle area
Washington National Opera will present THE CRUCIBLE March 21–29 at Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.
The full lineup of titles and artists has been revealed for Seattle Opera's 2026/27 season.
Daphne in Concert, Seattle Opera’s latest offering in their series of concert presentations initiated in 2023, proved that the series concept is a successful one.
General and Artistic Director James Robinson revealed three new appointments to run Seattle Opera’s departments of Artistic Administration & Planning and Programs & Partnerships.
This January, Seattle Opera continues its recent tradition of offering concert presentations of rarely heard operas (Samson and Delilah in Concert '23, Les Troyens in Concert '25) with Richard Strauss's one-act pastoral tragedy, Daphne (1938).
Seattle Opera announced it will present the world premiere of The Wedding Banquet, a new comic opera by composer Huang Ruo and librettist James Schamus, inspired by Ang Lee’s beloved 1993 film.
Ending the season with a memorable production of one of opera’s most tour de force masterpieces is sure to motivate audiences to return for Seattle Opera’s next season
Seattle Opera has revealed the 2025/26 mainstage season.
Following his triumph in Seattle Opera’s celebrated Samson and Delilah in Concert in 2023, Seattle Symphony Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot will helm an unprecedented operatic event in January 2025: the SO premiere of Les Troyens in Concert, a rarely performed abridged version of Hector Berlioz
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's enchanting opera The Magic Flute returns to Seattle this spring in a stunning new-to-Seattle production from visionary director Barrie Kosky and mixed-media theater group 1927.
Seattle Opera will present this January a concert rendering of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens—an epic tale of fate, love, and betrayal that is as grand in scope as it is rarely performed.
The term has become familiar and beloved to opera lovers since the late 19th century.
an enchanted evening that will be remembered for many decades as an occasion that was memorable in every way
Without a doubt the highlight of, and a perfect ending to, the company’s season
Without doubt a definitive event for Seattle Opera, and worth experiencing in all of its many extraordinary aspects.
Seattle Opera has unveiled its 2024/25 season.
The groundbreaking opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X will receive its West Coast premiere at Seattle Opera February 24–March 9.
Seattle Opera announces lineup for 60th Anniversary Concert featuring world-class singers in a celebration of the company's artistic highlights.
Seattle Opera has appointed Chris Burkett as the Director of Development.
What did our critic think of ALCINA It’s worth going to see for the glorious music and courageous, proficient singing
Seattle Opera Chorus presents a festive program in a one-of-a-kind Holiday Chorus Concert, featuring seasonal tunes, opera gems, and choral favorites.
The outstanding cast and provocative production, merged with Wagner’s indisputably monumental music and drama, made this Rheingold a de rigueur happening
Learn about the upcoming events and festivities as Seattle Opera commemorates its 60th anniversary.
Seattle Opera will kick off its 23/24 season with Richard Wagner’s epic Das Rheingold in a stunning production by stage directorBrian Staufenbiel.
The end of the season doesn't mean audiences have to wait until the fall to experience opera! Soak in the summer with Seattle Opera's exciting range of programming, including free public performances, youth opera camps, and a season-opening bash at the National Nordic Museum.
A company and audience favorite, Chioldi made his SO debut as Baron Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca in 2021
In Seattle Opera’s mainstage finale, audiences will be treated to one of opera’s most enduring favorites: La traviata, Giuseppe Verdi’s sumptuous tale of true love lost.
Seattle Opera has announced its 2023/24 season, which celebrates the company’s 60th anniversary.
Continuing its commitment to new works and today's stories, Seattle Opera presents Bound, a chamber opera by composer Huang Ruo and librettist Bao-Long Chu.
For the first time since 1965, Seattle Opera will present Camille Saint-Saëns’ monumental Samson and Delilah (1877), an evocative retelling of the biblical tale of obsession, lust, and revenge.
On February 25, 2023, McCaw Hall will host the world premiere of A Thousand Splendid Suns, written by composer Sheila Silver and librettist Stephen Kitsakos, based on the gripping novel by Khaled Hosseini.
Washington National Opera (WNO) will present Richard Strauss' Greek tragedy Elektra, October 29–November 12, 2022 in the Opera House.
