Seattle Opera
Founded in 1963, Seattle Opera is a leading American opera company. The company presents the classics of the European repertoire as well as new works of American opera. Seattle Opera performs five operas per year. Seattle Opera strives to produce musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas, employing uniformly high quality casts, dramatically aware conductors, and innovative yet textually concerned directors and designers. By continuing our emphasis on the work of Richard Wagner and by achieving national and international recognition for the quality of all our programming, Seattle Opera commits itself to advancing the cultural life of the Pacific Northwest through education and performance.www.seattleopera.org
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Oct 9, 2026
Jenelle and JoyHOST
[laughs] Well, is there anything we haven't asked you about that you would like our listeners to know that you are hoping to share today?
Lyla EileenGUEST
Uh, I have gotten my first job offer at Seattle Opera House.
Lyla EileenGUEST
Um-
Jenelle and JoyHOST
Oh my gosh
Oliver CamachoHOST
interests also have complex understanding of rhythm and have been shown to sing both solo and in groups this study is the first to provide evidence of vocal track coordination in a non-human primate
Weston WilliamsHOST
friend of the show huang rou has been named seattle opera's first ever composer in residence in the role row will curate performances of new music take part in community engagement efforts and mentor local opera composers for the company's new works program, the Jane Ling Davis Creation Lab.
Weston WilliamsHOST
The three-year residency begins in 2027.
Ashlee HardgraveHOST
Mark Swead, who has served as chief classical music critic of the LA Times since 1996, has announced his retirement.
Elizabeth BowmanHOST
His operatic career has featured major roles such as Baron Ochs in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, Sarastro in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, and Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust.
Elizabeth BowmanHOST
He has performed with prominent regional and national opera companies, including Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Atlanta Opera, and has also covered roles on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera.
Elizabeth BowmanHOST
Recently, he was offered a main stage debut at the Met for the fall/winter of two thousand twenty-six, but he's unsure if he can pursue it.
Elizabeth BowmanHOST
A couple of weeks ago, Potter published a retirement letter titled "Why I'm Retiring From Staged Opera at Forty-Three." He emphasized that he isn't walking away because his voice or love for the music has failed, but because the economic model of the opera industry is fundamentally broken for artists.
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Andrew PotterGUEST
Maybe opera moves into a, a, a regional sort of world where you, people live and work in the same communities.
Andrew PotterGUEST
I don't know.
Andrew PotterGUEST
I don't suppose in any way to know Seattle Opera's P&L.
Andrew PotterGUEST
You know, I, I don't know their profit and loss sheet.
David SalazarHOST
We have Andrew Potter, bass, who, you know, made some big headlines this week.
David SalazarHOST
Andrew, of course, has performed around the U.S., Florida Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, and he's been covering at the Met.
David SalazarHOST
And Andrew, before we get into the letter, which I'm assuming most people have read, and if they haven't, we will give more context throughout this interview.
David SalazarHOST
But I just want to kind of, first of all, welcome to the podcast.