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Sasha Cooke brings sharp intelligence to Seattle Opera’s Carmen

Sasha Cooke (Carmen) and Christian Pursell (Escamillo) © Sunny Martini
Sasha Cooke’s thoughtful role debut anchors Paul Curran’s visually and musically alert but dramatically uneven production.

A rite of spring turned inward: Strauss’ Daphne at Seattle Opera

Heidi Stober © Sunny Martini

Presented without staging, Seattle Opera’s concert Daphne places Strauss’ extreme vocal demands and saturated orchestral writing in sharp relief, offering a high-risk encounter with a rarely heard late opera.

Frederick Ballentine’s Loge shines in Das Rheingold

Sarah Larsen (Flosshilde), Jacqueline Piccolino (Woglinde), Shelly Traverse (Wellgunde) © Philip Newton
Despite some confused visual elements, an excellent musical performance makes Seattle Opera's production well worth watching.

A Eugene Onegin that's less than the sum of its parts in Seattle

Tomer Zvulun's mostly traditional account of the Tchaikovsky masterpiece arrives at Seattle Opera in an attractively staged but underwhelming package.