What's New

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  Falstaff Family Day

  Do you know some young music- and theater-lovers you want to introduce to opera? Then don’t miss out on this year’s Family Day matinee of Verdi’s career-capping comedy, Falstaff.
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  Opera Goes to School

  Seattle Opera is heading back in elementary schools this week with Opera Goes to School. This educational program gets students involved in creating an opera—they sing, dance, play instruments, and create costumes—and the week-long residency culminates in a performance for students, teachers, and their families.
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  In Memoriam: Perry Lorenzo

  Perry Lorenzo, an internationally acclaimed speaker on opera and Director of Education at Seattle Opera for almost twenty years, passed away on December 19.
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  Speight Jenkins on the Met Quiz

  Speight Jenkins will join the panel of the Metropolitan Opera quiz during the Met broadcast of Puccini’s Trittico on Saturday, December 12.
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  Amelia Libretto On Sale Now

  The Amelia libretto is available exclusively at McCaw Hall’s gift shop, Amusements, during the run of La Traviata. The $14-book provides an early glimpse at the lyrics and stage directions of this new American opera.
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  Speight Jenkins in the Major League

  Speight Jenkins, Seattle Opera’s general director and a die-hard Mariners fan, has been called up to the Major Leagues. Jenkins will throw the ceremonial first pitch before the September 29 Mariners game against the Oakland Athletics.
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  “Confessions” Release Party September 26

  Audiences followed Cassidy Quinn Brettler, the host of “Confessions of a First-Time Operagoer,” as she learned about and attended a production of the Ring cycle this summer. Now they can see the finished product at a release party on Sept 26.