Seattle Opera – Past Concerts
Seattle Opera: Tosca (on-demand until 6/27/2021)
Friday, June 25, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
A fiery prima donna struggles to free her true love from the clutches of a ruthless police chief in Giacomo Puccini’s surefire favorite.
$35
Seattle Opera: Karen Vuong in Recital (on-demand until 5/28/2021)
Friday, May 7, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Join soprano Karen Vuong for a program of luscious French & vibrant German art song, including selections by Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, & Richard Strauss.
Free
Seattle Opera: Flight (on demand through 4/25/2021)
Friday, April 23, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Inspired by Mehran Karimi Nasseri’s 18-year forced residency at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle, this modern opera presents a slice of life story set in the everyday world of an airport terminal. Filmed at Seattle's Museum of Flight.
$35
Seattle Opera: Don Giovanni (on-demand through 3/21/2021)
Friday, March 19, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
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What goes around comes around on Mozart’s carousel of karma. Designed especially for filming by Stage Director Brenna Corner.
$35
Seattle Opera: Jasmine Habersham in Recital (on-demand until 3/12/2021)
Friday, February 19, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
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American soprano Jasmine Habersham virtually makes her Seattle Opera debut. Selections include the "Silver Aria" from The Ballad of Baby Doe, I Hate Music! by Leonard Bernstein, & more.
Free
Seattle Opera: Andrew Stenson in Recital (on-demand)
Friday, January 29, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
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Tenor Andrew Stenson returns for a solo recital of love songs, featuring 20th-C. selections by Roger Quilter & Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as 21st-C. selections from the TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Free
Seattle Opera: This is Beethoven – Ode to Beethoven (on-demand until 12/19/2020)
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
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Songs by and inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Soprano Sarah Larson & pianist John Keene.
Free (Free)
Seattle Opera: The Elixir of Love (on-demand until 12/4/2020)
Friday, November 13, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
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Madison Leonard, Michael Adams, Patrick Carfizzi, & Tess Altiveros are joined by pianists, & musicians from Seattle Symphony Orchestra in this special staging of Gaetano Donizetti's tale of love & fizzy libations.
Free (Available to 2020-21 season ticket holders)
Seattle Opera: Meade & Barton in Concert (on-demand until 11/20/2020)
Friday, October 30, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Favorite opera arias & rarities as sopranos Angela Meade & Jamie Barton return to Seattle to showcase their unique vocal abilities in this virtual recital.
Available to 2020-21 season ticket holders
Seattle Opera: Jorell Williams in Recital (on-demand until 11/13/2020)
Friday, October 23, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Baritone Jorrell Williams, best known to Seattle audiences for moving performances in Charlie Parker’s Yardbird & The Falling and the Rising, returns in this virtual recital, free to the public.
Free
Seattle Opera: Pagliacci – Highlights Recital (broadcast on-demand until 11/6/2020)
Friday, October 16, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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A husband’s jealousy. A wife’s betrayal. A clown’s love – & sadness. Gregory Kunde, Michael Mayes, Vanessa Goikoetxea, & Will Liverman return to McCaw Hall to bring Ruggero Leoncavallo's beloved tale to life.
Free (Available to 2020-21 season ticket holders)
Seattle Opera: Marcy Stonikas in Recital (broadcast on-demand until 10/30/2020)
Friday, October 9, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Soprano Marcy Stonikas, a familiar face to McCaw Hall stage, returns with her "huge, clear, commanding voice" (Washington Times) in this virtual broadcast, free to the public.
Free
Seattle Opera: Frederick Ballentine in Recital (broadcast on-demand until 10/23/2020)
Friday, October 2, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Tenor Frederick Ballentine – most recently Charlie Parker in SO's production of Charlie Parker's Yardbird – will delight Seattle audiences once more in this virtual recital, free to the public.
Free
Seattle Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana – Highlights Recital (broadcast on-demand until 10/16/2020)
Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Many of the artists originally scheduled to perform in Seattle Opera's August double bill take the stage for this presentation of selections from Pietro Mascagni's beloved one-act opera.
Free (Available to 2020-21 season ticket holders)
[BROADCAST] Seattle Opera Mornings on KING FM: Iphigenie en Tauride
Saturday, September 5, 2020 @ 10:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
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Broadcast of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride, recorded October 20, 2007.
Free
[BROADCAST] Seattle Opera Mornings on KING FM: Elektra
Saturday, August 29, 2020 @ 10:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
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Broadcast of Richard Strauss's Elektra, Op. 58, recorded March 23, 1996.
Free
Seattle Opera Songs of Summer with Mary Elizabeth Williams
Thursday, August 27, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Seattle favorite soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams offers selections from Hector Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, and Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot in this recital.
Free
Seattle Opera Songs of Summer with Ben Bliss
Thursday, August 20, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Tenor Ben Bliss presents classical standards, special guests from the worlds of jazz & Americana, & self-accompanied selections by The Beatles & more.
Free
Seattle Opera Songs of Summer with Will Liverman
Thursday, August 6, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
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Baritone Will Liverman, “one of the most versatile singing artists performing today” (Bachtrack), presents a program featuring works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Aaron Copland, & Felix Mendelssohn.
Free
Seattle Opera Songs of Summer with Vanessa Vasquez
Thursday, July 30, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Art songs by Franz Schubert, Manuel de Falla, Gabriel Fauré, Antonín Dvořák, & more, plus a traditional American lullaby and “Ave Maria” from Verdi’s Otello.
Free