Writing and photography by West Smith Furries are everywhere. That’s the biggest lesson I took away from attending my first furry convention earlier this year. Before that, I think I still carried ...

October’s production of Alcina at Seattle Opera shows off Handel at his most enchanting. Showcasing this opera’s wonderful melodies, strong characters, and vocal pyrotechnics for the first time on the ...

Taking the stage, soprano Vuvu Mpofu, playing Violetta, and Duke Kim, playing Alfredo Germont in the opera La Traviata. The two play lead roles in Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera with a timeless theme of ...

Seattle Opera will close its 2024/25 season with Giacomo Puccini’s shocking melodrama Tosca, the fiery tale of an opera diva who risks everything to save her beloved from the grasp of a sadistic and ...

The Seattle Opera announced Thursday that it has hired James Robinson, the long-time artistic director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, as its new general and artistic director. Robinson begins in his ...

Pagliacci Pizza and Seattle Opera have partnered to celebrate the beloved opera "Pagliacci," which is being performed at McCaw Hall through August 17 The collaboration marks a significant moment for ...

For the first time, traditional Negro spirituals will be sung as an opera, when Seattle Opera hosts the world premiere of “Jubilee,” on October 12. You can listen to the music and the story of how ...

James Robinson is set to become the fifth person to lead Seattle Opera in its 61-year history. Starting Sept. 4, Robinson will take over as general and artistic director, succeeding Christina ...

Two years ago, moments before her first in-person meeting to discuss directing “A Thousand Splendid Suns” for Seattle Opera, Afghan film director Roya Sadat got a text message: The Taliban were ...

A remarkable synergy of musical and visual storytelling enlivens Seattle Opera’s current production of “The Magic Flute,” running through March 9. Initially created in 2012 by Australian director ...

The Seattle Opera had the perfect response to Timothée Chalamet’s recent remarks about ballet and opera. In a recent conversation with Matthew McConaughey, Chalamet said that “no one cares” about the ...