Read our content advisories below to help decide whether an opera is right for you and your family. If you have specific questions or concerns, please email seattle.opera@seattleopera.org.
Please note: No babes in arms in the theater.
2024/25 SEASON
February 22–March 9, 2025
Performance Time: 2 hours 50 minutes including one intermission
Content advisory: This production contains scenes with flashing strobe-like lighting effects.
Movie-style rating of PG for:
- Accessible storyline
- Vivid, cartoonish projections
- Depictions of monster-like beings
On-stage performers seamlessly interact with hand-drawn animations in this Mozart classic. This full-length opera is great for young patrons and adults but does feature vivid depictions of fantastical beings which may be unsettling for young children.
May 3–17, 2025
Performance Time: 2 hours and 50 minutes including two intermissions
Movie-style rating of PG-13 for:
- Attempted rape
- Murder
- Execution
- Suicide
- Offstage torture
- Stage blood & gore
An audience favorite, the intense passions and accessible music of this dramatic thriller make it a great first-time opera. Discretion is advised due to multiple onstage depictions of violence, death, and attempted rape.