President’s Message The holidays are upon us! This time of the year we take stock and renew our energies for the year ahead. Seattle Opera Guild will celebrate its 63rd anniversary and enjoy a fabulous year of opera previews and special events. Opera America will celebrate its 50th year and hold its annual meeting here...
President’s Message Happy Days! We have enjoyed our spectacular summer days and vacation visits and await a fresh new season of Seattle Opera. We are all eager to meet the new General Director, Christina Scheppelmann. Seattle Opera Guild is a vital organization and we urge you to renew your membership soon. An application is attached...
President’s Message We are enjoying our glorious summertime in Seattle. Vacations, family visits and outdoor concerts fill our calendars. When your SOG renewal form arrives in the mail, please take a quick moment to renew your membership, perhaps increasing your level to the next stage, and pat yourself on the back for a job well...
President’s Message The snow has gone and we have discovered crocus and pussy willow in our gardens. Spring brings life reborn, and so it is with our Guild. We have the beautiful new Opera Center for our Board meetings and special events, and new members in our preview groups, including Parties & Previews, Magnolia Queen...
President’s Message: Seattle Opera’s season is now underway after two outstanding new productions. We all enjoyed August’s Porgy and Bess, which featured two winners of our Singers’ Development Awards, Ibidunni Ojikutu and Cheryse McLeod Williams. Most excitingly, Ibi, who was cast in her signature role, “Strawberry Woman,” also covered “Serena,” which was sung by another...
President’s Message Please renew your membership and stay involved with our Seattle Opera Guild! Please join us on Facebook and like our page—we share all sorts of information about our events and opera activities! Please also visit our website (www.seattleoperaguild.org) and note our new look! You may also renew your membership on this website easily...
President’s Chat Summertime and the living is easy! We are due for a break and for renewals of many sorts. The SOG itself is undergoing renewal and we count on your support as members. Please take a moment when your renewal letter arrives to reply promptly so it doesn’t get lost in the “do later”...
President’s Message Spring Forward! It’s so exciting after our dreary Seattle winter to see crocus, flowering trees and rhododendrons in bloom! All of us appreciate this renewal of energy around us and are doubly excited to watch our new Seattle Opera at the Center arise from the rubble of the old Mercer Arena. This is...
President’s Message If wishes were nickels… today that would be a fiver, or five hundred, depending on the person. The best of intentions got us where we are today, still going with seven preview groups after sixty years. We must walk into our future with more nickels. What we do requires lots of them. Supporting...
President’s Message As my term as President draws to a close, I would like to thank the Board members for all their hard work and support of our common goal. It has been my honor and privilege to work with you. For the rest of the membership, I know many of you have also contributed,...
