With the woman who called seeking donations from Seattle.

Hell, I ended up with a personal relationship

He is the model for all the rest of theĬompany, as every staff member I have ever interacted with over the years Here Speight greets me in my finest for the Rheingold lecture.Īt the end of each opera, he comes on stage and will answer any Speight greets you personally as you enter the opera house for both the lectures and the operas. Intimate company they try to make their patrons feel like part of a bigįamily. Reason, of course, is certainly their thoughtful, intelligent and emotional productions. Highest per capita attendance of any opera house in America, and the opera house draws its audience from every state and many countries (people came from 22 different countries for this Ring cycle). General director, has turned Seattle into one of the premier operaĬompanies of America, and the envy of other opera houses. Speight Jenkins, who was an opera journalist before his 25-year stint as

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