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Seattle Opera.

Content Advisories

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

The Magic Flute

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. 

TOSCA

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. 

Photos © Philip Newton