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Seattle Opera.

Opera Classes

Opera classes

Go back to school with classes perfect for any music lover! 

Upcoming classes

Opera 101: A Beginner's Guide to Opera

Online via Zoom

Tuesdays, 6:30–8:00 PM: Sep. 2–Oct. 7, 2025 (6 Sessions)

$150 Sliding Scale Fee or 1 Flex Pass Credit | Instructor: Lokela Alexander Minami, Associate Director of Community Engagement

Tuesdays, 6:30–8:00 PM: Sep. 2–Oct. 7, 2025 (6 Sessions)

$150 Sliding Scale Fee or 1 Flex Pass Credit | Instructor: Lokela Alexander Minami, Associate Director of Community Engagement

21st-Century Opera

Online via Zoom

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Tuesdays, 6:30–8:00 PM: Oct. 21–Nov. 25, 2025 (6 Sessions)

$150 Sliding Scale Fee or 1 Flex Pass Credit | Instructor: Jonathan Dean, Dramaturg

Get to know contemporary opera in a class led by dramaturg Jonathan Dean. Spanning a large range of topics and musical styles, this class will help participants deepen their knowledge of the astonishing recent surge of operatic creativity.

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Tuesdays, 6:30–8:00 PM: Oct. 21–Nov. 25, 2025 (6 Sessions)

$150 Sliding Scale Fee or 1 Flex Pass Credit | Instructor: Jonathan Dean, Dramaturg

Queerness and Opera

Online via Zoom

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Tuesdays, 6:30–8:00 PM: Jan. 13–Feb. 10, 2026 (5 Sessions)

$150 Sliding Scale Fee or 1 Flex Pass Credit
Instructors: Jonathan Dean, Dramaturg and Lokela Alexander Minami, Associate Director of Community Engagement

From queer composers such as Britten and Tchaikovsky, to gender-expansive traditions in opera and queer interpretations of traditional operas, learn more about the long-standing role of queerness in opera both historically and today.

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Tuesdays, 6:30–8:00 PM: Jan. 13–Feb. 10, 2026 (5 Sessions)

$150 Sliding Scale Fee or 1 Flex Pass Credit
Instructors: Jonathan Dean, Dramaturg and Lokela Alexander Minami, Associate Director of Community Engagement

An Immersive Seminar: Carmen

The Opera Center

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Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21, May 5, & 19, 2026 (5 In-person Sessions)

$150 Sliding Scale Fee or 1 Flex Pass Credit | Instructor: Jonathan Dean, Dramaturg

Get to know the many sides of the audience-favorite and beloved opera, Georges Bizet's Carmen, led by dramaturg Jonathan Dean. Plus, when you register for this seminar, you will automatically be included in a one-night-only lecture by conductor Ludovic Morlot about Bizet on May 5.

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Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21, May 5, & 19, 2026 (5 In-person Sessions)

$150 Sliding Scale Fee or 1 Flex Pass Credit | Instructor: Jonathan Dean, Dramaturg