General and Artistic Director James Robinson revealed three new appointments to run Seattle Opera’s departments of Artistic Administration & Planning and Programs & Partnerships. Blaine Inafuku, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you had to name an opera you thought Seattle music lovers were dying to see and hear, what would be your guess? “Carmen”? “Madame Butterfly”? Maybe the ever-beloved story of ill-fated young lovers, ...

Seattle Opera This quadrennial production of Wagner’s Ring is, all told, SO’s best yet—more vivid, more gripping, more moving. McCaw Hall, Seattle Center, 389-7676, seattleopera.org. $300–$1,460 per ...

The spectacle is what’s been hyped about Seattle Opera’s production of Handel’s Semele, but the music is why you shouldn’t miss it. In the title role of a mortal woman whose crush on Jupiter leads to ...

The Seattle Opera has a massive costume collection. And this week a small portion of it is going on sale. Seattle Now brings you a preview of the sale and some pieces. The Seattle Public Library ...

With a new year comes the urge to listen a little more closely, and Seattle’s classical offerings in the first months of 2026 provide ample opportunity. These seven events — spanning Bach in fresh ...

When the curtain rises on the Seattle Opera’s production of the Ring Cycle next month, Cassidy Quinn Brettler will have a slightly different perspective than other audience members — one that she ...

Carrie Tynan, director of programs and grant making at the foundation, has been named executive director. Tynan is a member of the Coors family, which owns the Coors brewing company in Colorado. She ...

Gluck's "Iphigenia in Tauris" is an opera of astonishing beauty, which Seattle Opera's new production revealed Saturday night at McCaw Hall. One might think the melodic and tonal allure of the opera, ...