The Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera have joined a variety of organizations across the nation offering free tickets to furloughed government employees. “Federal employees devote their careers serving the greater nation,” president and CEO of the Seattle Symphony and Benaroya Hall Krishna Thiagarajan said in a statement. “At a time when they are being asked to make sacrifices, we hope our small gesture can help alleviate some of the burdens they and their loved ones are experiencing.” Seattle…