Jan 30, 2020
After our performances of Eugene Onegin in January 2020 audiences stayed to discuss the show with cast, crew, and staff. Hear highlights from those post-show Q&As. In addition to audience members, voices include those of Tomer Zvulun (Original Production Director), Stephanie Havey (Associate Director), Aleksandar...
Jan 27, 2020
A new opera that combines jazz and classical? Charlie Parker’s Yardbird is about music, creativity, communication, race and racism, drugs and addiction, and life and death and freedom. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces this new opera with music by Daniel Schnyder and a libretto by Bridgette A. Wimberly....
Jan 2, 2020
Tosca is both a great opera for newbies to the art form and a rewarding piece to hear multiple times; it’s accessible—a ‘thriller’ as cinematic as any Hollywood classic—and also stacked with layers of sumptuous artistry to savor. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces Tosca, with musical examples...
Jan 2, 2020
One of late twentieth-century opera’s great successes, Flight, with music by Jonathan Dove to a libretto by April DeAngelis, makes a long-awaited Seattle premiere in 2021. This “Marriage of Figaro for the 1990s” is a bold and beautiful opera, with a message more pertinent than ever. Seattle Opera Dramaturg...
Jan 2, 2020
A new production of Mozart’s classic promises a fresh look at the legendary seducer and how he is punished. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces the music and characters of Don Giovanni, with musical examples from Seattle Opera archival recordings of Don Giovanni from 1991, conducted by Gerard Schwarz;...