Editing Seattle Opera (section)

==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 [[Léo Delibes|Delibes]]'s ''[[Lakmé]]''.
*[[Lawrence Brownlee]] was a participant in Seattle Opera's Young Artist program. Since then, he has appeared with the company as Ernesto in [[Donizetti]]'s [[Don Pasquale]], Arcadio in [[Catan]]'s [[Florencia en el Amazonas]], Arturo in [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]'s'' [[I puritani]]'', Almaviva in [[Rossini]]'s ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'', Tonio in [[Donizetti]]'s ''[[La fille du régiment]]'', Don Ottavio in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', and Count Ory in [[Rossini]]'s [[Count Ory]].
*[[Kevin Burdette]] debuted with the company in 2006 as Mustafà in [[Rossini]]'s ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]''.
*[[Richard Cassilly]] made his debut with the company as Manrico in April 1967 opposite [[Eileen Farrell]]'s Leonora and [[Sherrill Milnes]]'s Count DiLuna.
*[[Diane Curry]] – From 1981 until 1986 Curry performed annually in Seattle Opera's Wagner's ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' under director [[Speight Jenkins]], portraying Fricka in ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' and ''[[Die Walküre]]'' and Waltraute/Second Norn in ''[[Götterdämmerung]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattleopera50.com/tag/diane-curry/|title=Diane Curry|work=Seattle Opera Performance Archives|access-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Geraldine Decker]] – From 1974 until 1987 Decker performed annually in Seattle Opera's Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' under director Speight Jenkins, as Erda in both ''Das Rheingold'' and ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]'', Schwertleite in ''Die Walküre'', and the First Norn ''Götterdämmerung''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2013/10/Departments/Obituaries.html|title=Obituary: Geraldine Decker|journal=[[Opera News]]|date=October 2013|volume=78|number=4|author=F. Paul Driscoll}}</ref>
*[[Jane Eaglen]] made her American debut as well as her Seattle Opera debut in the company's 1994 production of [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]'s ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]''. A previous unknown, she was cast personally by Speight Jenkins to replace [[Carol Vaness]] when the latter was unable to sing due to medical issues. She went on to sing Turandot, Isolde, Brünnhilde, Ariadne, Ortrud, Senta, and other roles with the company.
*[[Joyce El-Khoury]] sang all the 2016 performances of [[Maria Stuarda]] due to a colleague's indisposition.
*[[Renée Fleming]] made her debut with the company singing the title role in the 1990 production of [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]''.
*[[Nuccia Focile]] has appeared in many productions, including the title role in the 2007 production of ''[[Gluck]]'''s ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]'' and Susanna in 2016's ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]''. The company named her "Artist of the Year" for her 2013 performances of [[La voix humaine]].
*[[Greer Grimsley]] made his debut as Telramund in ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' in 1994 (revived 2004), then returned for Escamillo (1995), Mephistopheles (1997), Kurwenal (1998 and 2010), Scarpia (2001, 2007, and 2015), Donner and Gunther (2001), Amfortas (2003), Jack Rance (2004), Wotan (2005, 2009, and 2013), the Flying Dutchman (2007 and 2016), and Don Pizarro (2012).
*[[Andrea Gruber]] has sung numerous roles with the company including the title role in [[Verdi]]'s ''[[Aida]]''
*[[Ben Heppner]] performed his first ever Tristan in Wagner's ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' with Seattle Opera in 1998. Other roles in Seattle include Walther von Stolzing, Lohengrin, and Andrea Chenier.
*[[Bette Midler]] played the Acid Queen in Seattle Opera's production of [[The Who]]'s ''[[Tommy (The Who album)|Tommy]]'', the first time it was ever performed in a theater format.
*[[Brett Polegato]] made his debut with the company as Henry Miles in the 2005 production of [[Jake Heggie]]'s ''[[The End of the Affair (opera)|The End of the Affair]]''.
*[[Alberto Remedios]] appeared as Siegfried in the ''Ring'' with the company in the 1970s.
*[[Gidon Saks]] has appeared in several Wagner productions with the company.
*[[Beverly Sills]] made her debut with the company in 1965 as Mimi in [[Puccini]]'s ''[[La bohème]]''. It was the only time she ever sang that role on stage.
*[[Joan Sutherland]] portrayed [[Lakmé]] for the company in 1967, then returned as [[Don Giovanni|Donna Anna]], the three heroines in ''[[Les contes d'Hoffmann]]'', and Sita in ''[[Le roi de Lahore]]''.
*[[Carol Vaness]] performed frequently with the company in the 1980s and 1990s.