Editing Seattle Opera (section)

==Conductors and directors==
George Fiore was Seattle Opera's choral director from 1983 through 2000.

Seattle Opera often invites guest directors and conductors to take part in its productions. Notable conductors and directors include:
*[[Christopher Alden (director)|Christopher Alden]] made his debut with the company in 1990<ref>[http://christopheralden.net/Production%20History.htm List of productions on Christopher Alden's website]</ref> directing Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]''.
*[[Asher Fisch]] made his debut opening McCaw Hall with ''[[Parsifal]]'', and returned to conduct ''Lohengrin'', ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'', ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'', ''[[Fidelio]]'', and ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' (released as a commercial CD recording). He won "Artist of the Year" for conducting both ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' (2006) and ''[[Turandot]]'' (2012).
*[[Richard Pearlman]] conducted the first professional theatrical production of [[The Who]]'s [[rock opera]] ''[[Tommy (rock opera)|Tommy]]'' featuring [[Bette Midler]] with the company in 1971.
*[[Bartlett Sher]] made his opera directing debut with the company's production of Marvin David Levy's ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]''.{{when|date=August 2013}}
*[[Robert Spano]] conducted the 2005 and 2009 productions of ''The Ring Cycle''.
*[[Werner Torkanowsky]] conducted the 1974 production of Boito's ''[[Mefistofele]]''.
*Stephen Wadsworth directed the Ring Cycle in 2005, 2009 and 2013. In 2007 he directed the first ever co production of Seattle Opera with the Metropolitan Opera, ''[[Iphigénie en Tauride]]''.
*[[Tomer Zvulun]] started as an assistant director in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. He then returned as an associate director for the ''Ring'' cycle in 2009 and directed new productions of ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' in 2010, ''La bohème'' in 2013 and ''[[Semele (Handel)|Semele]]'' in 2015.