What's New

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  Seattle Opera to Receive Amelia Grant

  Seattle Opera will receive a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the production of Amelia, its newly commissioned opera. The four-year grant, a first-of-its-kind initiative, will provide crucial funding for contemporary opera, enabling Amelia to be produced by two other American opera companies following the opera’s world premiere in Seattle in May 2010.
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  “Confessions”
  Filming Begins

  Filming is now underway for Seattle Opera’s reality-style video, “Confessions of a First-Time Operagoer.” During the months leading up to opening night of Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen, host Cassidy Quinn Brettler will attend rehearsals and backstage tours, meet artists, and talk with die-hard Ring fans, sharing her “confessions” along the way.
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  Speight Jenkins to Receive
  2009 Mayor’s Arts Award

  Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announced today that Speight Jenkins, Seattle Opera’s general director, will receive a 2009 Mayor’s Arts Award.
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  Finalists Announced for
  “Confessions” Host

  The company announced its five finalists, one of whom will win the opportunity to star in a documentary about his or her first Ring experience.
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  Seattle Opera Wins Teen Tix Award

  The company won the “Thank Goodness You Are With Teen Tix” award, a statement from the members of Teen Tix that Seattle Opera is the organization to which they most appreciate having access.
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  Calling all Ring Rookies!

  Seattle Opera seeks a host for a reality-style video project, titled Confessions of a First-time Operagoer. A partnership with Seattle-based Reel Grrls, Confessions will be one of the first projects Seattle Opera implements as a Wallace Excellence Award recipient.
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  Seattle Opera Launches Revamped Blog

  Seattle Opera's blog is now open to the public! Initially launched as a subscribers-only benefit, the Seattle Opera Blog with Perry Lorenzo is now accessible to anyone looking to learn a bit more about opera.