Press
Acis and Galatea: " the performance was an unalloyed delight"- The Seattle Times
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Esther: "Stubbs paced the performance with a sure sense of flow and contrast"- Crosscut
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"Pacific Musicworks has established itself as a national level producer of opera" ~Opera Today
"The sorcery of “The Return of Ulysses” owesmuch to.... the musical excellence of Seattle’s Pacific Musicworks led by musical director Stephen Stubbs" ~The San Francisco Chronicle
"Visionaries have always done what they want to do when the moment is ripe for them..such is Stephen Stubbs" ~Seattle Post Intelligencer
"among the finest performers of early baroque music" ~International MusicWeb "this was an utterly thrilling Vespers, of a quality you are unlikely ever to encounter anywhere else in the world" ~Seattle Times


A 10 day summer workshop dedicated to preparing singers for a career in baroque opera performance. Founded in 1995 by Seattle native Stephen Stubbs, the Accademia has helped many singers and instrumentalists go on to successful careers in Baroque opera in Europe, the US, and Canada. 