Carmen

Carmen

Presented by Seattle Opera

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Event Details

  • May 2 - 17, 2026
  • 2 hours before curtain
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  • Seattle Opera's Box Office:
    206-389-7676

    Box Office Sales and Will call windows open 90 minutes before the performance.

    Single tickets are available now, or purchase tickets as part of a season subscription here.

  • The garage with the shortest wait times for pre and post event parking is the 5th Avenue North Garage. Located on 5th Avenue N, with entrances on Republican Street and Harrison Street, this garage requires a short walk to McCaw Hall.

    Parking is also available at the Mercer Street Garage, conveniently located across the street from McCaw Hall. Entrances to the Garage are on 4th Avenue N and 3rd Avenue N.

  • Please call 206-615-0404 to make your reservation at Prelude.

Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Love hurts. Lust kills.

One of the world's most popular operas ever! The irresistible Carmen captivates the eyes of every man she meets, including the lovesick soldier Don José. As he forsakes his military duty, his fiancée, and the law, his admiration becomes uncontrollable obsession and Carmen leaves him for prestige and freedom. Bizet's famous music accompanies a lethal dance of lust, love, and survival that only stops when the struggle for freedom ends.

"Opera's guilty pleasure" (The Seattle Times) returns in a "gorgeous production" (Seattle Magazine) featuring Tacoma native, mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges, whose Carmen is "young, sexy, vibrant, and dangerous" (Opera Today), and the "bewitchingly lustrous" (The New Zealand Herald) voice of mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke.

In French with English Subtitles
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours and 30 minutes including two intermission

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Buy Tickets Now

Event Details

  • May 2 - 17, 2026
  • 2 hours before curtain
  • Buy Tickets Now

  • Seattle Opera's Box Office:
    206-389-7676

    Box Office Sales and Will call windows open 90 minutes before the performance.

    Single tickets are available now, or purchase tickets as part of a season subscription here.

  • The garage with the shortest wait times for pre and post event parking is the 5th Avenue North Garage. Located on 5th Avenue N, with entrances on Republican Street and Harrison Street, this garage requires a short walk to McCaw Hall.

    Parking is also available at the Mercer Street Garage, conveniently located across the street from McCaw Hall. Entrances to the Garage are on 4th Avenue N and 3rd Avenue N.

  • Please call 206-615-0404 to make your reservation at Prelude.