Performance Archive

A friend’s betrayal, passionate love, and some of the most seductive music in all of opera. Wagner’s epic composition reminds us that not even death can defeat love.

After a film production in 2020, this colorful comedy returns to McCaw Hall in a new-to-Seattle production that has everything: winking humor, relatable human characters, and a charming love story—all set to ravishing bel canto music that makes the soul sing.

Be whisked away by The Marriage of Figaro’s madcap charm! Count and servant go head-to-head, while their crafty wives outsmart the men in one chaotic, entertaining day that ends in happiness and love.

The West Coast premiere of Tazewell Thompson's and Jeanine Tesori's opera Blue is "raw in its directness, devastating in its honesty" (Classical Voice North America) and Seattle Opera's production "gives Blue's story exactly the presentation it demands: engrossing, challenging, and beautiful." (NW Theatre)

The Drunken Tenor is back! A Very Drunken Christmas Carol retells Charles Dickens’time-honored holiday classic. In true Drunken Tenor comedy opera fashion, however, things get turned upside down.

An audience favorite for over a century, this tale of four young Parisians who dedicate their lives to art and love is guaranteed to touch your heart.

A fiery prima donna struggles to free her true love from the clutches of a ruthless police chief in Puccini's beloved masterpiece.

What goes around comes around on Mozart’s carousel of karma. Legendary libertine Don Giovanni is skilled in seduction yet lacks a moral compass, thoughtlessly moving from conquest to conquest. Designed especially for filming by Stage Director Brenna Corner.