Seattle Opera

Founded in 1963, Seattle Opera is a leading American opera company. The company presents the classics of the European repertoire as well as new works of American opera. Seattle Opera performs five operas per year.

Seattle Opera is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. The company is recognized internationally for the quality of its productions and as the pre-eminent presenter of Wagner's opera in the United States.

Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program, founded in 1998, has presented 23 operas in non-mainstage productions and fostered the careers of many singers who have gone on to notable success. As part of its commitment to fostering the music of Wagner, the company created the International Wagner Competition in 2006 and presented a second IWC in 2008.

Seattle Opera's artistic achievements have been widely enjoyed by the public-the company has attained, on an opera-by-opera basis, the highest per capita attendance of any major opera company in the U.S. Seattle Opera presented its first live simulcast in a sports arena in May 2012 (Madama Butterfly at KeyArena). In addition to serving high numbers of people through its mainstage offerings, Seattle Opera serves thousands more through its groundbreaking education programs, its building of sets for other companies, and its assumption of special projects, such as repairing the Monorail doors for the City of Seattle. For now and for the future, Seattle Opera remains committed to its mission of "producing musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas.

Mission

We strive to present musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas and to advance the cultural life of the Pacific Northwest through education and performance.

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