Well, it wasn't really a surprise that Seattle Opera announced that their August 2010 production would be Tristan und Isolde: frequent readers of this blog (does such an animal exist?) would know the upcoming Tristan has been mentioned more than once.

What was a surprise is that rather than being a revival of the Francesca Zambello Tristan of 1998 ( Read more... )

The official announcement for the 2009-10 season will come sometime in January. But for now, here's what I've been able to gather from hither and yon.

The usual disclaimers apply: any opera not yet announced are subject to change.

2009-2010 SeasonActually, much of this season already has been announced: in August 2009, the four operas of Wagner' ( Read more... )

Every once in awhile, I comb the web for clues about what Seattle Opera will be attempting in upcoming seasons. Usually SO itself keeps its cards hidden, apart from occasional cryptic comments from Speight Jenkins--however, artists engaged by the company tend to be much more loose-lipped, and post their future performances on their personal ( Read more... )

Seattle Opera has announced a coproduction of Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride, its first-ever coproduction with the Met ( Read more... )

The official announcements will come early next year, but here's some of the information I've gleaned about future productions in Seattle ( Read more... )

Okay, the 2005-2006 season has been announced for awhile now... so what is in store for beyond that?

Keep in mind that I have absolutely zero inside information: this is simply what I was able to glean from here and there. Also, schedules are subject to change...and may already have.

2006-2007
Giulio Cesare
La Boheme
Don Giovanni

2007-2008
Il ( Read more... )

I created this community because I was unhappy with previous opera/classical communities and forums that I've belonged to. If I'm going to have a treehouse, then I might as well be the one running the treehouse ( Read more... )