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Internationally acclaimed Stage Director Bruno Ravella shares some insights on his directorial approach to Salome and Jochanaan's relationship, setting this production in a cistern within a garden, and the source of Salome's transformation. 📸 Patricio Cassinoni courtesy Irish National Opera

"What I wanted to show with that wall was that claustrophobia, that space with no exit, with no air, was the garden. The wall lifts with jochanaan and suddenly we have hope, a way out." —Stage Director Bruno Ravella on Salome."I didn't want to reduce salome to a victim or a madwoman, which I don't think she is. She starts off somewhat innocent but it's the combination of her frustration, her inability to get what she wants and needs, with her privileged upbringing and the world around her, that transform her.""When she meets jochanaan she encounters a purity of mind and body she's never known before. He provides an alternative to her world, one that offers a path to something deeper, even if she resists it."
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The next cohort of composers and librettists for Creation Lab will start writing their new original works this fall. Composers and librettists will spend the next 18 months writing for the opera stage, with guidance from composer Laura Kaminsky and playwright/librettist Deborah Brevoort.

Seattle Opera, Creation Lab 2026-2028 Cohort, one row of three portraits of composers, David A. Jones, Salem, OR, G Wallis, Federal Way, WA, Thomas J. Peters, Woodinville, WA and one row of three portraits of librettists, AC Petersen, Bothell, WA, Anamaria Guerzon, Seattle, WA, Lauren Goldman Marshall, Seattle, WA.
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Movies might be losing their color, but we're not 🎨 The 2026/27 season is not only full of vibrant stories about life (both fictional and real), it's also full of carefully designed color stories. Explore the color palettes in some scenes from the season, and maybe even spark your creativity.