Next Wednesday, October 16 will be Pay What You Wish at Jubilee! Tickets will be available the day-of, online starting at 2:30 PM and in person at the Opera Center starting at 6:00 PM. Full details on how to purchase at seattleopera.org/pwyw

Join us this Saturday for our free open house! Visit the Opera Center for tours of the costumes and props shops, performances, Q&A's, family friendly activities, and more! seattleopera.org/openhouse

Become a chorister at Seattle Opera! We're holding open auditions for the Seattle Opera Chorus, November 5, 6, & 9. These are part-time, paid positions in the professional chorus. Apply by October 28 at 5:00 PM. See all audition details at seattleopera.org/chorusaudit…

We are excited to announce the appointment of James Robinson as Seattle Opera’s next General and Artistic Director. Read more about Robinson's appointment on our blog, and please join us in welcoming him to Seattle Opera! seattleoperablog.com/2024/08…

Our offices—including the Audience Services office—will be closed for our end of season break, July 1-5. We will return July 8.

Next Friday, May 10 is Pay What You Wish day at The Barber of Seville! Learn more about getting tickets: seattleopera.org/tickets/way…

Here's a first look at X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, with music by Pullitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis, starring Kenneth Kellogg as Malcolm X. Tickets at seattleopera.org/x Video by Bill Mohn, Projection Design by Yee Eun Nam

As part of our efforts to make opera accessible to all, we're offering Pay What You Wish for the Wednesday, May 10 performance of La traviata! Learn more at seattleopera.org/pwyw

Here's a look at the cast of La traviata rehearsing Act 3! [Photos by Sunny Martini]

Here's a look at some of the costumes from La traviata, designed by Jess Goldstein. La traviata opens May 6 and runs through May 21. Get tickets at seattleopera.org/traviata

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE May 4–18, 2024 Director Lindy Hume (Cinderella, '19) returns to direct this “bright hilarious production” (The Stranger); an audience favorite with magnificently colorful sets and costumes.

X : THE LIFE & TIMES OF MALCOLM X February 24–March 9, 2024 Kenneth Kellogg and Joshua Stewart return to McCaw Hall in this “riveting and uncompromising work” (The New Yorker), told through an Afrofuturist lens in a series of vignettes that take place throughout Malcolm X's life

ALCINA October 14–28, 2023 This marks the first time Alcina has ever been on the Seattle Opera stage! On a remote island, the powerful sorceress Alcina lures men with her seductive power. Relationships are entangled, passions are revealed, and an enchanted ring restores all.

DAS RHEINGOLD August 12–20, 2023 Bass-baritone and Wagner veteran Greer Grimsley returns as Wotan alongside Frederick Ballentine, Michael Mayes, and Kenneth Kellogg in their first Seattle Opera Wagner production.