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- EIN 91-0760426
- (206) 389-7600
- 363 Mercer St Seattle WA 98109-4600 USA
- www.seattleopera.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Opera, Performing Arts
Mission: Seattle opera offers opera's unique fusion of music and drama to create life-enhancing experiences that speak deeply to people's hearts and minds.
Programs: During the 2016/17 season, seattle opera continued increasing our service to the community through mainstage opera performances. A total of 84,000 people attended 38 performances at mccaw hall. Plus, an estimated 750,000 listeners tuned in to live preview and performance broadcasts on classical king fm 98. 1 and through its online seattle opera channel.
education and community engagement programs led by seattle opera served nearly 70,000 adults and families, participating in learning and engagement activities that fostered community-building and deepened personal connections with the arts and opera. Our youth programs served 37,000 students and teachers with state-wide programs that expanded equity and access to learning in the arts, humanities, science, languages, and other subjects.
seattle opera is in the midst of a 60 million capital campaign for seattle opera at the center, a civic project that will construct a new building adjacent to mccaw hall at the seattle center. This new home will provide facilities for education and community activities, rehearsals, costume construction and storage, and administrative offices. The project schedule anticipates completion by november of 2018, when the lease for the company's current facility expires.
seattle opera provides support to song and dance llc, dba amusements, a gift shop at mccaw hall which sells seattle opera-related merchandise to opera patrons.