Seattle Opera

What Seattle Opera does

Seattle Opera is a performing arts organization founded in 1963, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and operating as a U.S.-domiciled nonprofit (per legal-entity records). It produces staged operatic performances and is described in firmographic sources as striving "to produce musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas, employing uniformly high quality casts." The institution operates with 51–100 employees and serves a regional audience concentrated in the Seattle metropolitan area, with no documented geographic expansion beyond that market.

Its core product is the live staged opera production — a creative output that combines musical performance, theatrical staging, casting, and likely orchestral and design components typical of mid-sized U.S. regional opera companies. No discrete commercial product lines, digital platforms, apps, APIs, or paid technology offerings are documented in the available sources, implying the operating model is centered on in-person performances rather than digital or distribution-side productization. The website (seattleopera.org) is the primary digital front door but no deeper product/technology architecture is captured in source data.

The revenue model is consistent with that of a U.S. regional opera nonprofit: earned revenue from ticket sales and subscription series combined with contributed revenue from donations, sponsorships, and likely grants. No pricing model, ticket price points, subscription terms, donor-disclosure data, or contributed/earned splits are disclosed in the provided sources, so the business model can only be characterized at this categorical level. No B2B or B2G contract structure, no programmatic distribution deals, and no commercial licensing are documented. Leadership is documented at the board/president level, with William Weyerhaeuser listed as President; no full executive team is captured in the data.

Name

Seattle Opera

Legal name

Seattle Opera

Website

https://seattleopera.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Seattle Opera is a Seattle-based nonprofit performing arts organization founded in 1963 that produces staged operatic performances with high-quality casts, serving the regional Seattle metropolitan audience through live opera productions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Opera Performance

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Musical Groups and Artists (711130), Other Performing Arts Companies (71119)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAGABAM

Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Theater, Broadway & Performing Arts

SECONDARYTHAJAFAB

Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Live Entertainment & Ticketed Events (Shows, Concerts, Sports Experiences)

SECONDARYMPAGADAA

Classical Ballet (Full-Length & Repertoire)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Dance & Ballet Performances

Keywords

• Opera productions
• Live theater performances
• Performing arts productions
• Operatic vocal performances
• Season ticket subscriptions

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Core offering

Seattle Opera produces and stages live operatic performances in Seattle, Washington. The company's artistic mission is to deliver "musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas," with productions presented at its venue and supported by education and community engagement programs reaching the Pacific Northwest audience.

Product overview

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Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Opera Productions Live staged opera performances presented to the public in Seattle, designed to be musically extraordinary and theatrically compelling. Targeted at individual opera patrons, ticket subscribers, and the general Pacific Northwest audience.
• Education and Community Engagement Programs Ancillary community-facing programs associated with the company's mainstage opera productions, extending artistic and educational outreach to local audiences and schools.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• San Francisco Opera: Major US resident opera company on the West Coast with comparable season programming, resident company model, and large venue operation; directly comparable in mission and scale to Seattle Opera.
• Portland Opera: Pacific Northwest opera company presenting a multi-production season in a comparable regional market; the closest geographic competitor with overlapping audience demographics.
• Opera Philadelphia: Mid-size US regional opera known for festival-format programming; comparable in organizational scale to Seattle Opera and useful benchmark for innovative season formats.
• Minnesota Opera: Regional US opera company of comparable budget tier producing a multi-production season plus new works; closest size-segment peer to Seattle Opera.

Broad incumbents

• Metropolitan Opera: The flagship US opera company and a global benchmark; operates at substantially larger scale and repertoire breadth, but competes for touring talent, simulcast audiences, and national donor mindshare.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago: Tier-1 US regional opera with multi-million-dollar budgets and large venue operations; comparable business model of resident company, season subscription, and educational programming.
• Houston Grand Opera: Major US opera with HGOco community programs and comparable resident company structure; useful comparator for operating model and educational reach.

Regional players

• Seattle Symphony: Fellow resident arts organization in Seattle sharing the same civic market, donor pool, and McCaw Hall venue infrastructure; direct local competitor for ticket buyers and corporate sponsors.
• Pacific Northwest Ballet: Seattle-based performing arts company also presenting at McCaw Hall; competes for shared audiences, family subscribers, and arts education funding within the same local market.

Others

• Seattle Theatre Group: Local presenting organization that books touring Broadway and concert productions in Seattle venues; ecosystem peer competing for discretionary entertainment spending rather than producing opera directly.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/seattleopera
• Facebookfacebook.com/seattleopera
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seattle-opera

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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