The following is a list of live opera and ballet productions announced to be shown in movie theatres and on television. Please submit updates to [email protected].
THE NUTCRACKER
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 22 and 23, 2024
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Royal Ballet and Opera, London
• Choreographer: Peter Wright
• Composer: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
• Cast: Anna Rose O’Sullivan, Marcelino Sambé
• The Royal Ballet performs the classic Christmas ballet about a young girl's adventures with her Nutcracker-turned-Prince. Filmed in 2023.
• More Information: Fathom Events
AIDA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 25, 2025
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Michael Mayer
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Angel Blue, Judit Kutasi, Piotr Beczała, Quinn Kelsey, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Morris Robinson
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera set in ancient Egypt, about an Ethiopian princess torn between love and country.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
FIDELIO
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 15, 2025
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Jürgen Flimm
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
• Cast: Lise Davidsen, Ying Fang, David Butt Philip, Magnus Dietrich, Tomasz Konieczny, René Pape, Stephen Milling
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Beethoven's opera about a woman who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 26, 2025
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Richard Eyre
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cast: Federica Lombardi, Olga Kulchynska, Marianne Crebassa, Elizabeth Bishop, Joshua Hopkins, Michael Sumuel, Maurizio Muraro
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Mozart's comic opera that tests the romantic bonds of two couples over the course of one eventful day.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
SALOME
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 17, 2025
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Claus Guth
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Cast: Elza van den Heever, Michelle DeYoung, Gerhard Siegel, Piotr Buszewski, Peter Mattei
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Strauss's opera based on the play by Oscar Wilde.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 31, 2025
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Bartlett Sher
• Composer: Gioachino Rossini
• Cast: Aigul Akhmetshina, Jack Swanson, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Peter Kálmán, Alexander Vinogradov
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Rossini's comic opera about the titular barber who helps two young lovers in their quest to be together.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
