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Summary: The Seattle Opera is preparing for two grand anniversaries in 2013. Next year the Opera will celebrate its 50th anniversary and Speight Jenkins will celebrate his 30th year as the Opera's general director. We look back on the history of the Seattle Opera with Speight Jenkins and look into the organization's future.