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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