The Seattle Opera is an opera company located in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1963, it is directed by Speight Jenkins and performs in McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. It is noted for its performances of the works of Richard Wagner, including the Ring cycle, and in 1975 was the first company to perform the cycle in its entirety over the space of a week since the Metropolitan Opera did it in 1939.
Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition.
The annual Northwest Folklife, Bite of Seattle, Seattle International Children's Festival and Bumbershoot festivals and the many smaller festivals associated with Festál at Seattle Center.
McCaw Hall, home of the SeattleOpera and shared as a performance space with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, whose ballet school is adjacent.
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