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Venue: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle

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AddressSeattle
WA
United States
ContainsTagney Jones Hall
Google maps47° 37' 28.542" N 122° 21' 3.336" W
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SeattleSalome

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Strauss R.: Salome
Benjamin Manis; Bruno Ravella; Seattle Opera; Leslie Travers; Malcolm Rippeth; Ashlee Naegle

SeattleJamie Barton in Recital

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Jamie Barton, Mezzo-soprano

SeattleEl último sueño de Frida y Diego

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Frank: El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego)
Carolyn Kuan; Seattle Opera; Daniela Mack; Alfredo Daza; Mei Gui Zhang; Jake Ingbar

SeattleLakmé in ConcertConcert performance

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Delibes: Lakmé
Daniela Candillari; Seattle Opera; Ashlee Naegle; Aigul Khismatullina; David Portillo; Nicholas Newton

SeattleLa bohème

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Puccini: La bohème
Roberto Kalb; James Robinson; Seattle Opera; Allen Moyer; Duane Schuler; Ashlee Naegle; Long Long
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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.
****1
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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.

****1
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Mozart meets Vaudeville in Seattle's silent movie Magic Flute

Brandie Sutton (Pamina) and Rodion Pogossov (Papageno) © Sunny Martini
Eye-popping, hand-drawn animation melds with Mozart's fantastical world and the silent film era to create a colorful and energetic new-to-Seattle production.  
***11
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African American spirituals ring out in world premiere of Jubilee

Lisa Arrindell (Ella Sheppard) © Sunny Martini
A world premiere opera about the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the intrepid troupe of African American singers who changed music history. 
*****
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Alcina in Seattle: captivating, flirtatious, sometimes weird

Vanessa Goikoetxea (Alcina) © Sunny Martini
Thoughtful cuts, an extremely skillful orchestra and active, inventive staging made this sexy dark comedy engrossing and highly watchable. 
*****
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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.
****1
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Huang Ruo’s riveting Bound makes Seattle Opera debut

Karen Vuong (Diane Tran) and Nina Yoshida Nelsen (Khanh) © Sunny Martini
Bound tells of a second generation of Asian immigrants, born and raised in the US, their problematic association with their cultural heritage, and the difficulties and challenges they face, bound to their culture but trying to be wholly accepted as American.
*****
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Seattle natives shine in Samson et Dalila

J'Nai Bridges (Dalila) © Sunny Martini

Ludovic Morlot conducts a strong cast, led by local mezzo J’Nai Bridges, in a concert performance of Saint-Saëns' biblical opera. 

****1
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