“X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” at Seattle Opera
Angela Allen
March 6, 2024
SO co-produced the revival of the 1986 Anthony Davis opera, revised and re-premiered in 2022 by Detroit Opera.
SO co-produced the revival of the 1986 Anthony Davis opera, revised and re-premiered in 2022 by Detroit Opera.
From a Cirque du Soleil hit to updates on Don Quixote and Maxim Gorky to an opera about Malcolm X and more, Seattle’s stages are bringing some heat to the chilly season.
SO staged the Handel opera with six singers (including one countertenor), modern set design, and haute couture costuming.
New faces in key places, final chapter for the lamented Book-It Rep, a little Jeeves and Wilde, and some Wagner at the opera keep the summer unsettled but hopping.
The Asian-American singer recently shone in Huang Ruo’s “Bound” with Seattle Opera and “Rusalka” with Portland Opera.
Seattle Opera premieres a newly-commissioned opera based on the novel by Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini.
Seattle Opera produced the Saint-Saëns opera with minimal sets and big voices.
Award-winning new opera by Tazwell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori arrives in Pacific Northwest.
A stunning staging with top-notch design and choreography brings Gluck’s 1762 music into a thoroughly contemporary Underworld.
A Yardbird opera, “Onegin” and Portland jazz festival stir up the Northwest.
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