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PRESS RELEASes

August 2024

James Robinson named General and Artistic Director of Seattle Opera

Fall events at Seattle Opera reflect on the legacy of the Fisk Jubilee Singers

July 2024

 Seattle Opera presents a world premiere opera about the intrepid troupe of Black American singers who changed music history

June 2024

Seattle Opera’s season opener, Pagliacci, takes unflinching look at gendered violence

May 2024

Celebrate Pride with one-of-a-kind recital from drag star Anita Spritzer

April 2024

Seattle Opera celebrates milestone season with special 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala

March 2024

Seattle Opera appoints Kenneth Kellogg inaugural Artistic Ambassador

Seattle Opera closes 60th-anniversary season with a lively, colorful The Barber of Seville

January 2024

Seattle Opera announces 2024/25 season

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, by Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Davis, comes to the Seattle Opera stage

December 2023

Seattle Opera announces lineup for 60th Anniversary Concert

Winter youth programs at Seattle Opera offer chances for friendship and learning

November 2023

Seattle Opera appoints Chris Burkett Director of Development

Seattle Opera to host Black Artists Market in support of local Black-owned businesses

October 2023

Soldiers’ Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band and Seattle Opera Veterans Choir premiere new work for Veterans Day

September 2023

Alcina, Handel’s seductive story of sorcery, comes to Seattle Opera for the first time

Seattle Opera Chorus offers festive program in one-of-a-kind Holiday Chorus Concert

August 2023

Seattle Opera kicks off 60th anniversary with a full slate of events

July 2023

Seattle Opera announces new Resident Artist positions

Tasveer and Seattle Opera announce new partnership

June 2023

Seattle Opera opens 60th anniversary season with an imaginative Das Rheingold

General Director Christina Scheppelmann to depart Seattle for Brussels’ La Monnaie/De Munt in 2025

Seattle Opera’s summer lineup features youth programs, free outdoor performances

April 2023

Composer Huang Ruo conducts Bound, a true story of navigating life as a second-generation immigrant

March 2023

Giuseppe Verdi’s classic La traviata closes memorable season at Seattle Opera

Seattle Opera announces new CFO and COO appointments

January 2023

Afghan arts festival leads slate of winter events at Seattle Opera

Seattle Opera announces 60th anniversary season

December 2022

Samson and Delilah in Concert brings musical powerhouse to Seattle Opera for first time since 1965

Bound, based on a true story, explores the contradictions of the immigrant experience

November 2022

Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns is now an inspiring opera, directed by acclaimed Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat

October 2022

Toast the season with holiday “cheers” in A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

September 2022

Wagner returns to McCaw Hall with Tristan and Isolde

july 2022

Seattle Opera’s TOSCA film gets silver screen treatment in free screening at the Mural

Seattle Opera kicks off 2022/23 season with The Elixir of Love, Opera Center events

June 2022

Seattle Opera appoints Michaella Calzaretta Chorus Master & Head of Music Staff

Seattle Opera Appoints Dennis Robinson, Jr., Director of Programs and Partnerships

March 2022

The Marriage of Figaro, Family-Friendly Experiences Head Lineup of Spring Events at Seattle Opera

February 2022

Seattle Opera Announces 2022/23 Season

JANUARY 2022

Best New Opera Winner Blue Leads Slate of Exciting Events in February–March 2022

November 2021

Seattle Opera Celebrates the Holidays with A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

September 2021

Seattle Opera Continues Commitment to New Music and Today’s Stories

Seattle Opera returns to McCaw Hall with Puccini’s immortal La bohème

aUGUST 2021

Seattle Opera is requiring audiences to be vaccinated beginning Sept. 1

july 2021

Seattle Arts Fellowship announces inaugural cohort

JUNE 2021

Seattle Opera welcomes back audiences with outdoor Die Walküre concert

May 2021

Seattle Opera announces Tosca, unveils first outdoor recital series

Seattle Opera announces 2021/22 season—a return to live, in-person performances

Opera conductors unite for dialogue on race and gender

April 2021

Seattle Opera and Bloodworks Northwest host third pop-up blood drive

March 2021  

Seattle Opera creates new streaming production of Flight at The Museum of Flight 

'The Big Opera Show' raises critical funds for Seattle Opera

february 2021

Seattle Opera's Don Giovanni offers a unique 'opera film' experience  

January 2021 

Enjoy Seattle Opera's 2005 Ring cycle on KING FM 

Pay-per-stream 'single tickets' now available for Seattle Opera streaming content 

December 2020

Seattle Opera announces Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab participants 

November 2020

Seattle Arts Fellowship invests in future arts leaders of color 

OCTOBER 2020

Seattle Opera receives $1 million gift for Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab

Seattle Opera hosts fall blood drive

august 2020

Seattle Opera unveils virtual Fall Season 

Seattle Opera presents panel discussion: Crescendo for Racial Justice in Opera

Seattle Opera launches new Creation Lab initiative 

July 2020

Seattle Opera and Bloodworks Northwest host pop-up blood drive

Seattle Opera announces Mary Elizabeth Williams will conclude 'Songs of Summer' series  

Seattle Opera launches 'Community Serenades' performance series 

May 2020

Seattle Opera launches "Songs of Summer," an online recital series

April 2020

Enjoy Seattle Opera Mornings on KING FM 

January 2020

Seattle Opera Events Throughout Black History Month

Seattle’s Opera Center Bustles in January – March. Free, Low Cost Activities for All!

Seattle Opera unveils 2020/21 Season

December 2019

Seattle Opera presents Charlie Parker's Yardbird (Schnyder)

Seattle Opera presents Wilde Tales: A youth opera for families 

November 2019

Seattle Opera presents Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)

September 2019

The Costa-Jacksons bring sibling revelry to McCaw Hall

Seattle Opera presents Cinderella (Rossini)

Working with U.S. military veterans, Seattle Opera presents The Falling and the Rising

August 2019 

Come explore at Seattle Opera's Open House on Sept. 28

Seattle Opera unveils bold, new discounted ticket program 

Naomi André appointed Seattle Opera Scholar in Residence

Seattle Opera presents Rigoletto (Verdi) 

JUNE 2019

Seattle Opera and KING FM announce long-term lease agreement 

APRIL 2019

 

July 2019

Seattle Opera presents Carmen (Bizet) 

March 2019

Christina Scheppelmann appointed General Director of Seattle Opera

Februry 2019

Alejandra Valarino Boyer appointed Director of Programs & Partnerships

Seattle Opera presents fun, low-cost opera experiences for kids and families

January 2019

Seattle Opera presents The Revolution of Steve Jobs (Bates)

Seattle Opera explores city's complex relationship with Tech 

Seattle Opera unveils 2019/20 Season 

December 2018

Seattle Opera presents Il trovatore (Verdi)

November 2018

Come celebrate Seattle Opera's new civic home 

September 2018

Seattle Opera presents The Turn of the Screw (Britten)

August 2018

Allison Rabbitt appointed Director of Development 

June 2018

Seattle Opera presents The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Free forum explores the intersection of race and opera

April 2018

Street art by RETNA pops in Seattle Opera's Aida (Verdi)

March 2018

Seattle Opera presents O+E, a feminist retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck)
'Inclusion at the Opera' forum seeks insights, experiences from Black community

January 2018

Seattle Opera presents Beatrice and Benedict (Berlioz)
All New-to-Seattle Productions in 2018/19 Season

Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
Is Now an Inspiring Opera, Directed by
Acclaimed Afghan Filmmaker Roya Sadat