Cast: Marschallin.......Katie Van Kooten* Octavian...........Max Potter* Baron Ochs......Jeremy Harr* Sophie..............Hallie Schmidt* Faninal.............Justin Birchell* Valzacchi..........Stephen RumphAnnina.............Katie StevensonItalian tenor......Brendan Tuohy* Stage Director....Mitchell Kahn Music Director...Jonathan Khuner *Pacific Northwest Opera debut artist

Cast: Otello.............Noah Stewart* Jago...............Hunter Enoch Desdemona...Jennifer Bromagen Emilia............Katie Stevenson Cassio............Andrew Etherington Roderigo.......Nathaniel Voth Montano.......Darrell Jordan Lodovico.......Boyd Schlaefer Stage Director...Mitchell Kahn Conductor.........Jonathan Khuner *Pacific Northwest Opera debut artist

The Barber of Seville is the most popular of all opera comedies. Rossini’s effervescent music inspires smiles and laughter on every page. The irrepressible Rosina refuses to marry her pompous old guardian. Meanwhile, a bold young count is eager to win Rosina for himself.  And who’s going to make sure those two finish the opera united? [...]

Featuring one of the most romantic, brilliant and tragic scores of all time, Verdi’s masterpiece contrasts spectacular grand opera choruses with scenes of indescribable tenderness and love. La Traviata is the story of the tragic love between the demimondaine Violetta and the younger, passionate Alfredo Germont. Played out against the hypocrisy of upper-class society, Alfredo and Violetta’s love [...]

Our staged production of Don Pasquale, has been canceled but not killed by COVID. We will be coming soon to your home screens in a virtual production. Our production is being filmed in location in Boston, New York, Michigan and Bellingham features a spectacular cast of returning PNO favorites and new stars to our stage. [...]

Mefistofele is Arrigo Boito’s take on Goethe’s tale of Faust, the ageing scholar who bargains his soul to the Devil to regain youth and passion. Boito is known mostly for the brilliant libretti he wrote for Verdi’s final two operas, Otello and Falstaff, but this, his only opera, was the one that launched superstar bass Samuel Ramey. Evan Boyer [...]

A brilliant adaption of Wagner’s epic setting of Norse legends of gods and men, giants and dwarfs, dragons and birds, condensed into one evening. A perfect introduction to the majestic splendor of Wagner’s music drama, it is both a profound moral epic and a ripping great tale. Even those of you who don’t think you [...]

One of the most beloved and romantic operas of all time, La Bohème is an enduring tale of young love and tragic loss set in Paris, the city of light. The cast includes the US operatic debut of international tenor Ernesto Ramirez. Sung in Italian with English supertitles Four Performances: Friday October 26, 7:30 pm [...]