Dec 18, 2019
Naomi André, a professor at the University of Michigan, has been a familiar presence at Seattle Opera for a couple seasons now; she helped us explore racial representation, casting, and what it means to support storytellers of color in 2018, as we were presenting Porgy and Bess, and last spring moderated...
Dec 9, 2019
Tchaikovsky’s most beloved opera is a breathtaking and unique work about the human heart. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces Eugene Onegin, with musical examples from Seattle Opera’s 2002 archival recording of Eugene Onegin, starring Vladimir Chernov as Onegin, Kurt Streit as Lensky,...
Oct 4, 2019
Michelle Martin, Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor for Children and Youth Services at UW’s Information School, discusses the world’s many "Cinderella" stories with Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean. They talk about Cinderellas onstage, on screen, and in the oral tradition; about sweet Disney princesses and...
Sep 16, 2019
Rossini’s La Cenerentola combines the human warmth of the beloved Cinderella story with the wit and sparkle of The Barber of Seville. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces La Cenerentola with musical examples from Seattle Opera’s archival recordings of La Cenerentola: from 1996, with Laura Polvarelli...
Aug 5, 2019
This August Seattle Opera presents Lindy Hume’s production of RIGOLETTO, originally created for New Zealand Opera in 2012. Designed by Richard Roberts and lit by Jason Morphett, this RIGOLETTO sets the Victor Hugo story which inspired Giuseppe Verdi’s amazing music in an uncomfortably recognizable modern world of...