Seattle Opera - Performers

Performers

Seattle Opera draws some of the world's best opera singers to its stage. Some of the notable performers who have appeared in productions include:

• Harolyn Blackwell- A regular figure on the Seattle Opera stage during the 1990s and 2000s, her credits with the company include the title roles in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Delibes's Lakmé.
• Kevin Burdette- Who debuted with the company in 2006 as Mustafà in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri.
• Richard Cassilly- who made his debut with the company as Manrico in April 1967 opposite Eileen Farrell's Leonora and Sherrill Milnes's Count DiLuna.
• Jane Eaglen- who made her American debut as well as her Seattle Opera debut in the company's 1994 production of Bellini's Norma.
• Renée Fleming- who made her debut with the company singing the title role in the 1990 production of Dvořák's Rusalka.
• Nuccia Focile- who has appeared in several productions with the company including the title role in the 2007 production of Gluck's Iphigenia in Tauris and Violetta Valery in 2009's La traviata.
• Andrea Gruber- who has sung numerous roles with the company including the title role in Verdi's Aida
• Ben Heppner- who performed his first ever Tristan in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with Seattle Opera in 1998.
• Brett Polegato- who made his debut with the company as Henry Miles in the 2005 production of Jake Heggie's The End of the Affair.
• Alberto Remedios- who appeared as Siegfried in The Ring Cycle with the company in the 1970s.
• Gidon Saks- who has appeared in several Wagner productions with the company.
• Beverly Sills- who made her debut with the company in 1965 as Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme. It was the only time she ever created that role on stage.
• Joan Sutherland- who portrayed Lakmé for the company in 1967.
• Bette Midler- who starred in the Seattle Opera production of The Who's Tommy, the first time it was ever performed in an theatre format.