Seattle Folklore Society: Kesselgarden & Brivele – An Evening of Klezmer Music & Song

Saturday, May 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Two Klezmer groups – Kesselgarden Klezmer Duo and Brivele – perform music focusing on heritage and stories.

$18 / $16 / $9

Wayward Music Series: The Quartets Project

Saturday, May 11, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program features free improvisation utilizing the Chapel’s unique and beautiful acoustics.

$5-$15 donation

Choral Arts Northwest: The Big Blue Marble – Music, Nature, & the Environment

Saturday, May 11, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Songs of Nature, Op. 63
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere

$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)

Seattle Opera: Bizet's 'Carmen' (Family Day)

Sunday, May 12, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A sexy thriller about an everyday soldier’s ill-fated obsession with the ultimate femme fatale.

$20-$340

City Cantabile Choir: Rock for the Elephants

Sunday, May 12, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A 50-year retrospective of the great renaissance of rock 'n' roll raising money for the elephant preservation work of Big Life Foundation in Kenya.

$20

Ladies Musical Club: Brahms, Bellini, Rossini

Sunday, May 12, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Selections from Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 8
Vincenzo Bellini – Sei Ariette da camera ("Six little salon arias")
Gioachino Rossini – La Regata Veneziana

Free

Pacific Northwest Opera: The Ring of the Nibelung

Sunday, May 12, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon, WA, United States
A brilliant adaption of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle based on Norse legends of gods and men, giants and dwarfs, dragons and birds – all condensed into one evening.

$26-$65

Choral Arts Northwest: The Big Blue Marble – Music, Nature, & the Environment

Sunday, May 12, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Songs of Nature, Op. 63
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere

$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)

Seattle Bach Choir: Bach Cantata Concert

Sunday, May 12, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173
Johann Sebastian Bach – Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182

Free (Free)

Seattle Opera: Bizet's 'Carmen'

Wednesday, May 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A sexy thriller about an everyday soldier’s ill-fated obsession with the ultimate femme fatale.

$89-$335

Wayward Music Series: Compassion – Janna Webbon & friends

Thursday, May 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-ages, intergenerational event including chants by Hildegard von Bingen, musical improvisation, and performance art.

$5-$15 donation

reSound: James Whitbourn's 'Annelies'

Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
A stunning, full-length choral work capturing the essence of Anne Frank’s humor, her fears and observations, and her unwavering hope when facing one of the worst horrors that the modern world has endured.

$25 ($20 early bird)

The Drunken Maidens w/ Laura Bassett

Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Wistful strains of old-time music, saucy English folksongs, sea songs, sacred music, catchy tunes, and recently-written songs.

Free

Seattle Art Song Society: Voices of Mental Health

Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring mental health and substance use through song, showcasing a more realistic view of mental health and substance use.

Free

Seattle Opera: Bizet's 'Carmen'

Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A sexy thriller about an everyday soldier’s ill-fated obsession with the ultimate femme fatale.

$89-$335

Vashon Opera: Andre Previn's 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
André Previn’s jazz-inspired score perfectly captures the sultry underworld of New Orleans – a masterpiece of American opera.

$28-$48

The Esoterics: Inclusivity – The Power of Togetherness

Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A choral program unveiling the potential power of human togetherness, tracing the origins of “otherness” in our first moments of life, and advocating for hospitality and acceptance of strangers.

$22 / $15

PLU Music: Consonare Amici

Saturday, May 18, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
A student-led chamber choir at Pacific Lutheran University performs a variety of choral selections.

Free

reSound: James Whitbourn's 'Annelies'

Saturday, May 18, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA, United States
A stunning, full-length choral work capturing the essence of Anne Frank’s humor, her fears and observations, and her unwavering hope when facing one of the worst horrors that the modern world has endured.

$25 ($20 early bird)

Vox16: Textures

Saturday, May 18, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church - Parish Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Nico Muhly – Pater noster
Nico Muhly – Small Raine
Nico Muhly – Our Present Charter
Philip Glass – Haze Gold
Philip Glass – A Clear Midnight
Aaron Jay Kernis – Ecstatic Meditations
Markdavin Obenza – Renaissance Now

$13-$23 ($15-$25 at the door)