Seattle Opera's production of George Bizet's classic heightens the contrast between the story's tragic and comedic elements.

One of the most popular operas in history, Gioachino Rossini’s comedy The Barber of Seville returns to the Seattle Opera stage to close out the company’s 60th-anniversary season. With zany antics, eye ...

Seattle Opera’s 2025/26 season blends timeless classics with fresh premieres, including a rare Strauss gem and the return of hometown star J’Nai Bridges in Carmen. The lineup reflects General and ...

Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges will perform her acclaimed portrayal of Bizet’s Carmen at Seattle Opera in May at McCaw Hall. The production combines her globally recognized interpretation ...

J’Nai Bridges will grace the McCaw Hall stage for four days this May in a homecoming performance of what’s become her ...

Taking the stage, soprano Vuvu Mpofu, playing Violetta, and Duke Kim, playing Alfredo Germont in the opera La Traviata. The two play lead roles in Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera with a timeless theme of ...

The Seattle Opera announced Thursday that it has hired James Robinson, the long-time artistic director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, as its new general and artistic director. Robinson begins in his ...

Mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges says her Seattle Opera debut in her signature role, Carmen, feels like a homecoming. The ...

James Robinson is set to become the fifth person to lead Seattle Opera in its 61-year history. Starting Sept. 4, Robinson will take over as general and artistic director, succeeding Christina ...

For the first time, traditional Negro spirituals will be sung as an opera, when Seattle Opera hosts the world premiere of “Jubilee,” on October 12. You can listen to the music and the story of how ...

Two years ago, moments before her first in-person meeting to discuss directing “A Thousand Splendid Suns” for Seattle Opera, Afghan film director Roya Sadat got a text message: The Taliban were ...