Opera
'Butterfly' a study in beauty, tragedy
Seattle Opera closes the 2011 - 2012 season with a gorgeous "Madama Butterfly."
Date: 05/07/2012 | The Arts Seen
Flying with 'Butterfly'
Lynnwood 6-year-old brings pathos to opera stage
Date: 05/04/2012 | Entertainment
Free simulcast offers chance to experience 'Madama Butterfly'
The best seat to Seattle Opera's "Madama Butterfly" may not be in McCaw Hall.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Entertainment
'Orpheus & Eurydice' wins hearts
Seattle Opera's spare and minimal production of Gluck's transformative early opera, "Orpheus and Eurydice," is an homage to the composer's idea of "noble simplicity."
Date: 02/26/2012 | The Arts Seen
Dmitri Nabokov, son of acclaimed novelist, dies
VEVEY, Switzerland — Dmitri Nabokov, the only child of acclaimed novelist Vladimir Nabokov who helped protect and translate his father's work while also pursuing careers as an opera singer and race car driver, has died. He was 77.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Nation & World
Skagit Opera stages 'The Elixir of Love'
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Skagit Opera presents Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amour, The Elixir of Love" for one weekend.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Entertainment
Seattle Opera unveils 2012-13 schedule
Seattle Opera has announced the lineup for its 2012 to 2013 season.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Entertainment
Verdi's 'Attila' opera helped unify Italy in 19th century
Although "Attila," the obscure Verdi opera that premiers in Seattle on Saturday, is based on the tale of Attila the Hun, the great Italian composer barely veiled a nationalistic theme.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Entertainment
Seattle Opera to perform 'Carmen,' an enduring classic
It's time to be seduced.Seattle Opera's production of "Carmen," George Bizet's widely popular opera about a sexy gypsy, opens this weekend at McCaw Hall.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Entertainment
Classic American opera 'Porgy and Bess' at McCaw Hall
"Porgy and Bess," George Gershwin's gorgeous and heartbreaking American opera, got its start on Broadway in 1935.
Date: 07/29/2011 | Entertainment
Return of 'The Ring'
Seattle Opera's summer 2013 production of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, a four night, 15-hour celebration of German opera is inching closer and closer to the stage.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Entertainment
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