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 ...

Seattle Opera announced it will present the world premiere of The Wedding Banquet, a new comic opera by composer Huang Ruo and librettist James Schamus, inspired by Ang Lee’s beloved 1993 film and ...

Going to the theater can seem like it comes with a long list of don’ts: Don’t be late, don’t be on your phone, don’t talk, and don’t allow anything to distract from the performance. But for many ...

If you live in Seattle and you’ve never been to the Seattle Opera, you’ve been wasting a precious and delicious resource, and it’s time for this to stop. In addition to the fact that classical music ...

Seattle’s fall classical season brings fresh leadership, anniversaries and premieres. Xian Zhang embarks on her tenure as Seattle Symphony’s new music director, the Balourdet Quartet launches a ...

When it comes to a work that is more than 200 years old, it’s hard to imagine there’s any surprises left. But if you happen to find yourself with a ticket to the Seattle Opera performance of Mozart’s ...

Opening on Feb. 22, Seattle Opera is presenting a boldly original take that has attracted sold-out audiences in opera houses around the world. This “Flute,” initially unveiled at Berlin’s Komische ...

The Seattle Opera had the perfect response to Timothée Chalamet’s recent remarks about ballet and opera. In a recent conversation with Matthew McConaughey, Chalamet said that “no one cares” about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After over 100 performances in more than a dozen different productions playing the eponymous character, opera singer J’Nai Bridges ...

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 ...