Seattle Opera Presenting at the NCPA World Theatre Forum

Seattle Opera will represent the United States in discussions regarding the future of opera at the third annual National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) World Theatre Forum, to be held in Beijing, China, on June 20 - 23, 2011. Representatives from Seattle Opera include Executive Director Kelly Tweeddale, Technical Director Robert Schaub, and Artistic Administrator and Director of the Young Artists Program Aren Der Hacopian.

Seattle Opera Ring in 2013

Seattle Opera's Das Rheingold in 2005, photo by Rozarii Lynch

Seattle Opera officially announced its summer 2013 production of Wagner’s four-opera epic, Der Ring des Nibelungen, as well as the composer’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, which will open the 2014/15 season the following summer. Seattle Opera’s beloved "Green" production of the Ring, first seen in 2001, returns in August 2013. In August 2014, the company presents Meistersinger for the first time in more than 20 years. These back-to-back Wagner summers celebrate several important milestones:  the 2013 bicentenary of Wagner’s birth, the 50th Anniversary of Seattle Opera, and the conclusion of Speight Jenkins’ 30 years as general director of Seattle Opera. Performances of the Ring are scheduled as follows: Cycle #1, August 4, 5, 7, & 9; Cycle #2, August 12, 13, 15, & 17; and Cycle #3, August 20, 21, 23, and 25, 2013. Subscription performances of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg are scheduled for August 2, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, and 23, 2014.