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We're honored to share that we've been awarded Nonprofit of the Year at the GSBA Impact Awards! These awards recognize LGBTQ+ and allied leaders, businesses, and organizations that are strengthening Washington’s communities through connection, advocacy, creativity & economic impact.

7 people wearing business attire pose for a photo with an infinity shaped trophy made of rainbow glass.

A photo of the Seattle Opera building is projected onto a screen on a stage decorated with stars. A seated audience watches.

A group of 9 people in casual attire pose and smile against a wall with the Seattle Opera logo. A woman in the center holds an infinity shaped trophy made of rainbow glass.

A group of 9 people in casual attire pose and strike excited, happy, celebratory poses against a wall with the Seattle Opera logo. A woman in the center holds an infinity shaped trophy made of rainbow glass.

We're honored to share that we've been awarded Nonprofit of the Year at the @thegsba Impact Awards! The GSBA Impact Awards recognize LGBTQ+ and allied leaders, businesses, and organizations that are strengthening Washington’s communities through connection, advocacy, creativity & economic impact.

If this show is ever in your town PLEASE go see it. The performance was so deeply heartfelt and meaningful. They now have a wall behind the performance. it shows up at the end and has pictures of everyone who was discharged from the Army for being queer. As a queer veteran, this shit broke me.

Thomas Mallon's 'Fellow Travelers' is a must for readers and Seattle Opera fans alike Reading Thomas Mallon's 2007 novel, "Fellow Travelers," I couldn't help but think it was always destined to become an opera.

Thomas Mallon's novel about two men who fall in love during the Lavender Scare is both a history lesson and a painfully beautiful tragedy. I got to interview Tom at @townhallseattle.bsky.social ahead of @seattleopera.bsky.social's run of the stage adaptation, which you can (should) see this week.

Happy #openingNight to "Fellow Travelers" by @seattleopera.bsky.social. Refreshing to see a #gay romantic love story at the center of the stage. Narratives like this are still rarer than they should be. Closes 3/1/26.

Review: showsiveseen.com/14787

#FellowTravelers #Opera #showsiveseen #LGBT

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Next Wednesday, February 25 is Pay What You Wish night at Fellow Travelers ❤️‍🔥

Learn more about how to get Pay What You Wish tickets at seattleopera.org/pwyw

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A list of opera classes and their descriptions: Opera 101, Wednesdays, Sept. 2-Oct. 7, 6:30-8:00 PM. Online only. The Operas of Richard Strauss, Tuesdays, Sept. 29-Nov. 3, 7:00-8:30 PM. Opera Center. Opera & Literature, Tuesdays, Feb. 9-Mar. 23, 6:30-8:00 PM. Online only. How an opera reaches the stage, Tuesdays, Apr. 6-May 25, 6:30-7:30 PM. Online only.

Plus, plenty of opera classes and opportunities to learn more about the works this season:
📓 Opera 101
🎵 The Operas of Richard Strauss
📚 Opera & Literature
🛠️ How an Opera Reaches the Stage

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ANITA SPRITZER'S GAY APPAREL
December 11, 13 & 19, 2026
Seattle's favorite opera queen Anita Spritzer returns with an operatic holiday special full of humor and heart.

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JAMIE BARTON IN RECITAL
November 21, 2026
Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton returns to Seattle for an intimate recital in Tagney Jones Hall.

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LA BOHÈME
May 8–23, 2027
This new-to-Seattle production of Giacomo Puccini's classic sets the story in Paris in the 1920s, at the height of the jazz age.

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LAKMÉ IN CONCERT
March 5 & 7, 2027
Featuring some of opera's most enduring melodies like "The Flower Duet" and "Bell Song," Lakmé in Concert will star soprano Aguil Khismatullina and tenor David Portillo.

A woman dressed as Frida Kahlo wears an orange floral headpiece, orange earrings, and an orange Mexican style dress and robe. She stands arm-in-arm with a man dressed as Diego Rivera, wearing a blue shirt and overalls under an orange painter's smock. Behind them is a wall of stone skulls in dark orange lighting. Text reads: Frank | Cruz, El último sueño de Frida y Diego. Jan. 16-30, 2027, the last dream of Frida and Diego.

EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO
January 16–30, 2027
From Grammy Award-nominated composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer prize-winning librettist Nilo Cruz, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego is a magical realist portrait of two of the twentieth century's most influential artists.

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SALOME
October 17–31, 2026
Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play, Richard Strauss's opera is a shocking portrait of desire and power that has fascinated audiences since its premiere in 1905.

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Announcing our 2026/27 season! Our 63rd season is an exploration of love in all its many forms, featuring opera classics like Salome and La bohème, a celebrated new work about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, a concert presentation of Lakmé, and more.

Learn more at seattleopera.org/discoverseason

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Today we begin rehearsals for Fellow Travelers—an opera by Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon—with this incredible cast and creative team.

Fellow Travelers opens this February 21 and is on stage through March 1. Get tickets at seattleopera.org/fellowtravelers

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Two men sitting on a park bench in 1950's gray suits. Text reads; Opera Talk, the making of Fellow Travelers, Feb. 6 at 7:00 PM, Free at the Opera Center.

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Join us for these upcoming events surrounding our upcoming production of Fellow Travelers! Learn more at seattleopera.org/fellowtravelers

Pink promotional graphic for event titled "Opera Talk: Fellow Travelers" by Seattle Opera and Town Hall Seattle, featuring headshots of Thomas Mallon and Katie Campbell. Below, the book covers of "The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994" and "Fellow Travelers" are included with the event date: Feb 20 at 7:30 PM.

2/20 at 7:30 PM | Join author Thomas Mallon for a conversation on the making of the novel "Fellow Travelers" along with his most recent work, “The Very Heart of It.”

Presented with @seattleopera.bsky.social.

🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/GO0Ejz9

Nonprofit of the Year: Cheer Seattle, KCSARC, Lifelong, Seattle Opera. GSBA Impact Awards logo.

We've been nominated for a GSBA Impact Award for Best Nonprofit! This recognition celebrates the work we’re doing to uplift LGBTQ+ businesses, support rising leaders, and strengthen our community year-round.

Vote for us at bit.ly/impactvote26

A rite of spring turned inward: Strauss’ Daphne at @seattleopera.bsky.social
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Seattle Opera Presents Daphne in Concert - Preview A spokesperson says--- “...Daphne finds romance in the beauty and celebration of nature, not in the arms of men. When two suitors vie for her heart, Apollo a

An opera grounded in mythology and the love of nature-- Click the link to read the preview--

@seattleopera.bsky.social #SeattleMusic #PictureThisPostMusic #PictureThisPostOpera #GreekMythology

Grab a MOD pizza at the Armory this Thursday and 25% of your purchase will go towards our youth opera programs!

Use code MODGIVES25 online or in person at the Armory location (305 Harrison St.) this Thursday, January 8, and 25% of your purchase will help support our youth programs.

Our Veterans Choir, created in partnership with Path With Art, was featured in PBS News!

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Happy holidays from your friends at Seattle Opera and @classicalking.org! Wishing everyone a joyful and safe holiday season as we wrap up the year.

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Got holiday market plans? Our annual Black Artists Market is this Friday and Saturday only, featuring hand made crafts and unique treasures from Black artists, artisans, and Black-owned small businesses.

Thoughtfully curated in partnership with @artenoirnow.bsky.social

seattleopera.org/market

Supplies needed:
Pasta & pasta sauce
Mac and cheese
Rice-A-Roni
Ramen
Granola bars
Instant coffee & tea
Powdered drink mixes
Canned meats - e.g. tuna, chicken, Spam
Canned fruits & vegetables
Canned meals - e.g. soup, chili
Peanut butter
Jams & jellies
Oatmeal

seattleopera.org/supplydrive

Donations can be dropped off in the lobby of the Opera Center during standard business hours and at any of our upcoming events through December.

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Throughout December we'll be collecting donations for Plymouth Housing's supply drive. Supplies will go to Kristin Benson Place, a supportive housing development for adults experiencing homelessness, located across the street from McCaw Hall.

We welcome photo and story submissions from the Pacific Northwest and across the country. Photos submitted will become part of an ever-growing visual archive that will appear on stage at the end of each performance of Fellow Travelers.

Share your story at seattleopera.org/lavender-names-project/

The Lavender Names Project is an archival research project that collects photos and stories of members of the LGBTQ+ community who were systematically discriminated against by the government or military, from the “Lavender Scare” in the 1950s, to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the 1990s, to today.

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Call for stories and photos: The Lavender Names Project is a collaboration between the American LGBTQ+ Museum and Up Until Now Collective, created in tandem with the 10th Anniversary Tour of the trailblazing opera Fellow Travelers, which begins here at Seattle Opera.