Performance Archive

This Grammy^® Award-winning opera goes behind the headlines of the visionary Apple co-founder as Steve Jobs faces his mortality and revisits 18 of his most important memories in search of a perfect moment to take with him.

In a production with “two terrific casts” Verdi’s hot-blooded melodrama enthralled audiences as a “work that offers one great aria after another and some of the meatiest roles in all of opera” (The Seattle Times).

The Turn of the Screw begins "It is a curious story. I have written in faded ink," plunging audiences into the ghostly world of an isolated English manor where supernatural encounters are brought to life with the hauntingly beautiful music of Benjamin Britten..

A new-to-Seattle production of the Gershwins' American masterpiece thrilled audiences with "an enthralling evening" where "you can't take your eyes or ears off the stage." (City Arts Magazine).

An all-female creative team and principal cast brings to life an innovative retelling of Gluck’s classic Orpheus and Eurydice that “cleverly reworks operatic tradition and upends traditional gender roles.” (The Seattle Times).

Director Francesca Zambello's "spectacular" (Opera Warhorses) new-to-Seattle production featured choreography by contemporary dance leader Jessica Lang, as well as designs by "art world superstar" (San Francisco Chronicle) RETNA.

This "fast-paced, action-packed and nobly sung" (The Seattle Times) operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing combined the talents of ACT Theatre and Seattle Symphony for a one-of-a-kind theatrical hybrid.

Blending bawdy humor and keen insight, this charming contemporary comedy about sex featured “gorgeous music, intense theatricality, fun, pathos and tremendous energy” (Seattle PI).

This “action-packed fun” (The Seattle Times) production featured vibrant sets and costumes, an iconic score, and a series of schemes worthy of Bugs Bunny.

Treasured possessions became symbols of home in this 2015 Seattle Opera commission, inspired by true stories from our region’s history and performed at the iconic Washington Hall in the Central District.