Seattle Opera has launched a mini-website (SeattleOpera50.com) in commemoration of its 50th anniversary on Sept. 3. It features thousands of photos and audio and video clips.
New content, including posts and resources submitted by Seattle Opera patrons and community members, will continue to be uploaded over the course of this 50th-anniversary season. The company invites the community to contribute to the site by commenting on posts and sharing memories of Seattle Opera.
The site also includes photo galleries of every “Ring” cycle produced by Seattle Opera; audio clips showcasing every recipient of the company’s Artist of the Year Award; and milestones such as the 1962 World’s Fair “Aida,” the 1971 world premiere of The Who’s “Tommy,” the leadership transition from Glynn Ross to Speight Jenkins in 1983, the 1990 “War and Peace” that opened the Goodwill Games and the creation of the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.
Over the course of this 50th-anniversary season, the content of the new site’s landing page will change to honor current mainstage programming. To celebrate this summer’s successful production of the Ring, the landing page currently focuses on Seattle Opera’s Wagner productions. In time for this fall’s “The Daughter of the Regiment,” the focus will shift to comedies and then to productions of popular Italian operas for January’s “Rigoletto.”
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