Opera – Upcoming Concerts
Northwest Symphony Orchestra Family Concert
Saturday, October 23, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Bruce Stark – The Vigor of Hope (brass fanfare) (Seattle premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Selections from Carnival of the Animals
Edvard Grieg – "Morning Mood" & "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville")
Gustav Holst – "Jig" from St. Paul's Suite in C major, Op. 29, No. 2
Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356
Ferdinand Hérold – Overture to Zampa
Georges Bizet – "IV. Farandole" from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Camille Saint-Saëns – Selections from Carnival of the Animals
Edvard Grieg – "Morning Mood" & "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville")
Gustav Holst – "Jig" from St. Paul's Suite in C major, Op. 29, No. 2
Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356
Ferdinand Hérold – Overture to Zampa
Georges Bizet – "IV. Farandole" from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
$20 ($15 senior/student)
Seattle Opera: La bohème
Saturday, October 23, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 10:05pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Opera presents Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, a timeless story of the simple joys & heartbreaking sorrows of the idealistic young.
$62-$249
Seattle Symphony: From Bach to Rameau
Saturday, October 23, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
George Frideric Handel – Selections from Rodrigo, HWV 5
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Selections from Hippolyte et Aricie
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Selections from Hippolyte et Aricie
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Opera: La bohème
Sunday, October 24, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:35pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Opera presents Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, a timeless story of the simple joys & heartbreaking sorrows of the idealistic young.
$20-$249
Eastman School of Music Voice & Opera Department: Fall Recitals
Wednesday, October 27, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring students of the Eastman School of Music Voice, Opera & Vocal Coaching program.
Free
92Y Presents: Lawrence Brownlee & Michael Spyres sing Rossini
Wednesday, October 27, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
2 of the great bel canto tenors of our time join for an all-Rossini program that promises vocal pyrotechnics & thrills – including a thrilling 6-hand piano arrangement of the Barber of Seville overture.
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Seattle Opera: La bohème
Wednesday, October 27, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 10:05pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Opera presents Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, a timeless story of the simple joys & heartbreaking sorrows of the idealistic young.
$49-$249
Seattle Opera: La bohème
Saturday, October 30, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 10:05pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Opera presents Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, a timeless story of the simple joys & heartbreaking sorrows of the idealistic young.
$62-$249
Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: 'Here Be Sirens' Suite by Kate Soper
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Students of the Eastman Opera Theatre perform the Suite from Kate Soper's Here Be Sirens, a 2014 opera described by The New Yorker as "erudite, hilarious, furiously inventive".
Free
Vashon Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Unique performance featuring a selection selection opera's greatest hits — arias, duets, & masterworks for orchestra – followed by a performance of Pietro Mascagni's iconic opera Cavalleria rusticana.
$28-$48
Vashon Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana
Sunday, November 7, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Unique performance featuring a selection selection opera's greatest hits — arias, duets, & masterworks for orchestra – followed by a performance of Pietro Mascagni's iconic opera Cavalleria rusticana.
$28-$48
Sirens & Lights: Opera Arias with Projection Art
Saturday, November 20, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Soprano Sarah Fletcher welcomes guests soprano Ksenia Popova, cellist Bradley Hawkins, & pianist David McDade for an evening of operatic arias & projection art. Works by W.A. Mozart, G. Puccini, R. Strauss, & more.
$20 suggeted donation
Puget Sound Concert Opera: 'The Old Maid & the Thief' / 'The Telephone'
Sunday, November 21, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
PSCO returns to the live stage with a unique double bill of comic masterpieces by 20th-century Italian-American composer, Gian Carlo Menotti.
$20 advance, $30 at the door
University of Toronto Opera: 'The Barber of Seville'
Thursday, November 25, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Sung in Italian with English surtitles, the production is designed by Wesley Mackenzie with costumes by Lisa Magill. Michael Patrick Albano directs & Russell Braun conducts with Carmen Santoro.
Free
University of Toronto Opera: 'The Barber of Seville'
Friday, November 26, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Sung in Italian with English surtitles, the production is designed by Wesley Mackenzie with costumes by Lisa Magill. Michael Patrick Albano directs & Russell Braun conducts with Carmen Santoro.
Free
University of Toronto Opera: 'The Barber of Seville'
Saturday, November 27, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Sung in Italian with English surtitles, the production is designed by Wesley Mackenzie with costumes by Lisa Magill. Michael Patrick Albano directs & Russell Braun conducts with Carmen Santoro.
Free
University of Toronto Opera: 'The Barber of Seville'
Sunday, November 28, 2032 @ 11:30am – 1:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Sung in Italian with English surtitles, the production is designed by Wesley Mackenzie with costumes by Lisa Magill. Michael Patrick Albano directs & Russell Braun conducts with Carmen Santoro.
Free
'Eurydice' – The Met: Live in HD Screening
Saturday, December 4, 2032 @ 9:55am – 1:00pm (PST)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
In-person screening of Met Opera's production of Eurydice, composer Matthew Aucoin & librettist Sarah Ruhl's captivating 21st-century take on ancient Greek myth of Orpheus.
$22 ($12 student, $5 ages 12 & under)
Composers Concordance: The Formation Solenne
Saturday, December 11, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
German ensemble Formation Solenne presents a program of eclectic contemporary music for voice, piano, & other instruments, including the American premiere of Gene Pritsker’s mini-opera Soubrette on the Toilet".
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$25)
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Pops
Sunday, December 12, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Sleigh Ride" from 3 German Dances, K. 605
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov – "Procession of the Sardar" from Caucasian Sketches
Josef Strauss – Feuerfest! ("Fireproof!") Polka, Op. 269
Georges Bizet – Selections from Carmen
Holiday selections TBA
Johnny Marks, arr. Richard Hayman – Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Glenn Miller, arr. Richard Hayman – Moonlight Serenade
Robin Seletsky, arr. Edward Marcus – Chanukah Medley
Various composers, arr. John Cacavas – Christmas Music for Orchestra
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov – "Procession of the Sardar" from Caucasian Sketches
Josef Strauss – Feuerfest! ("Fireproof!") Polka, Op. 269
Georges Bizet – Selections from Carmen
Holiday selections TBA
Johnny Marks, arr. Richard Hayman – Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Glenn Miller, arr. Richard Hayman – Moonlight Serenade
Robin Seletsky, arr. Edward Marcus – Chanukah Medley
Various composers, arr. John Cacavas – Christmas Music for Orchestra
$27 ($22 senior, $15 student, $10 ages 12 & under)