Preview Groups

The eleven Preview Groups of the Seattle Opera Guild are essentially independent in the manner in which they operate their previews and special events. Each is essentially a close-knit social group, whose members cherish the associations that they form through group activity.

Each group is expected to raise a significant amount of money each season to supplement the funds available to the Guild for donations, and each group chooses different methods of doing this. Prospective members should contact the representatives listed below to learn more about each group’s policies.

The groups are organized primarily along geographical lines, but there is nothing mandatory about this. People generally join a group to be with friends, or to enjoy previews at a time and location that they find convenient.

Preview Groups Lists

Greater Seattle

AMICI DELL’OPERA
NE Seattle , Laurelhurst, View Ridge, Wedgwood, Lake Forest Park
Contact: Stephanie and Lyle Waterman, 206.368.2955/ teckyann@msn.com
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BELLINI
Seattle, Eastside, and Mercer Island
Contact: Liz Bagshaw, 206.325.7291/ lizorbob@mailstation.com
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LAKESIDE
Madison Park, Downtown
Contact: Peggy O’Brien-Murphy, 206.232.7584/ pom949@msn.com
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MAGNOLIA/QUEEN ANNE
Seattle, Magnolia, Queen Anne
Contact: Karen Carlson-Iffert, 206.283.3047/ mummycasey@comcast.net or Van Johnson, 206.669.7602/ vjohnson@u.washington.edu
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PARTIES AND PREVIEWS
Eastside and Seattle
Contact: Patricia Church, 206.323.5384/ patriciac@johnlscott.com
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WEST SEATTLE
West Seattle, Vashon
Contact: Susanne Kellar, 206.937.9550/ srkellar@aol.com
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South Seattle

ALLEGRO
Normandy Park, Burien, SW King County
Contact: Jeanne Berg, 206.240.5110/ bergjean@comcast.net
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North Seattle

VIVACE (formerly EDMONDS)
Edmonds Area, Mill Creek, and Snohomish
Contact: Evelyn Troughton, 206.282.6191/ et1000@msn.com
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Eastside

BEL CANTO-ENCORE
Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island
Contact: Ellen Peterson, 206.282.0488

MERCER ISLAND
Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island
Contact: Gale Kessler, 630.991.8739/ gale.kessler@comcast.net
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MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
At-Large Members may attend any Preview Group in keeping with the rules of the specific group.