Seattle Opera

09/03/2026

7 reasons to come to our (free!) Open House on September 26! ✍️✅️

Come see where we build costumes, explore some stage props, listen to live opera performances, and chat with our expert artists and artisans about all things opera.

📆 September 26, 1-4 PM
📍The Opera Center, 363 Mercer St.

At the Open House, you'll find:

-Tours of the Costume Shop and the Props Department
-Tours of the Classical KING FM 98.1 broadcasting studios
-Family-friendly crafts, costume try-ons, and activities
-Tabling with our cultural & community partners
-Performances by local opera singers and youth performers
-Q&A conversation with General and Artistic Director James Robinson
-A live feed from a rehearsal of Salome
-Youth opera performances & singalongs
-And more!

This is a free event. RSVP at seattleopera.org/openhouse to help us plan for the day. See you there!

08/31/2026

We're still accepting applications for the role of Artist Services Manager! Join our team and be an integral part of the guest artist experience for visiting and local artists.

Applications are due September 15. View the job description and apply at seattleopera.org/careers

Come work with us! We're hiring for:

🛠️ Head of Properties

✈️ Artist Services Manager

📆 Assistant Production Manager

Read the full job descriptions and apply at seattleopera.org/careers

Seattle Opera is committed to racial equity and to dismantling historic barriers of oppression. Everyone is encouraged to apply.

08/27/2026

Did you know you can rent the Opera Center? Whether you need an inspiring location for an offsite meeting, a studio to rehearse your new work, or a spacious venue to host a reception, the Opera Center can transform into the perfect space for your event.

Located on the Seattle Center campus, our building offers conference rooms, rehearsal studios, kitchen space, a theater and performance hall, and a lobby available to rent for private, commercial, or non-profit events. Plus, special rates are available for non-profit organizations.

For location specs, photos, floor plans, and pricing, visit seattleopera.org/opera-center-rentals

08/24/2026

📣 AUDITION ALERT 📣 We're seeking singers for the 2027 School Opera Tour production of Jason and the Argonauts by Gregory Spears and Kathryn Walat, which will perform at schools around the Puget Sound from February 22–April 2, 2027.

⏰️ Date & Time: Saturday, September 12, 2026 from 1:00–6:00 PM

📍 Location: The Opera Center, 363 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109

🎵 Audition Requirements: Prepare two contrasting arias or art songs, including one selection in English. Both pieces must be memorized and together be no more than 8 minutes in total. A pianist will be provided and warm-up space will be available on a first come, first served basis. If you're unable to attend in-person auditions or spots are full, you're welcome to submit a video audition.

For full details and to reserve an audition spot, visit seattleopera.org/about/auditions

08/13/2026

If you're in your analog era like we've been for the past... *checks calendar*... 400ish years, opera is the way to go. Here are 3 easy ways to introduce yourself to opera if you're looking for a low tech activity that packs a high octane punch.

08/11/2026

Our social media manager is on vacation... so on behalf of everyone else on the marketing team, get tickets at the link in bio!

08/06/2026

"There was a bitter taste upon your lips... it tasted, perhaps, like love."

Our upcoming production of Salome by Bruno Ravella, originally adapted from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, places this biblical story in a modern, bunker-like setting, where the prophet John and the princess Salome go head to head (literally) in the confines of the cistern where he's held captive.

A battle between the sacred and profane—and arguably the ecstatic and grotesque—Salome makes us question our understanding of seduction, devotion, and insanity, all set against the backdrop of Strauss's haunting score and the infamous Dance of the Seven Veils.

Salome opens October 17 and is on stage through October 31. Get tickets at seattleopera.org/salome

Photos by Patricio Cassinoni, courtesy Irish National Opera.

08/04/2026

Composer Gabriela Lena Frank started writing El ùltimo sueño de Frida y Diego in 2007. Over the next fifteen years of its creation, the story of painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera would evolve many times before it landed in the dream world Frank created with librettist Nilo Cruz.

At first, they tried "depicting too many parts of their lives," like Diego's affair with Frida's younger sister, and Frida's own brief entanglement with Leon Trotsky. "Those details dragged down the libretto," she said.

Rather than trying to create a biopic, Frank and Cruz set this imaginative story on El Día de los Mu***os (The Day of the Dead), where the bereaved widower Diego asks Frida to visit him from the underworld, Mictlan. Swayed more by the idea of returning for her art than her husband, she agrees.

Read the full interview on our blog at the link in bio.

Photos by Cory Weaver.

07/27/2026

We are heartbroken by the tragedy that occurred on Sunday, at what should have been a joyful celebration of our connection to each other through food.

Our hearts are with the victims and their loved ones, and all those affected by this senseless act of violence.

Today we grieve with our neighbors and community members over this terrible loss.

Comments on this post have been turned off out of respect for those impacted.

07/24/2026

Come for the inside look, stay for the ASMR. Our Costume Crafts Supervisor, Miriam, had the ‘distressing’ task of distressing this leather jacket to looked aged and well-worn for our recent production of Carmen. 
 
She started with a technique called “sagging and bagging,” filling the pockets with heavy chains to sag the pockets, and tying and clamping the back to create wrinkles. Then she hit it with the sandpaper to scuff up the edges, followed by some paint to create a worn texture (which has the added advantage of being reversible!).
 
The result was a gently worn out leather jacket for our smuggler, Remendado. 
 
(Bonus ASMR at the end 🎧️)