Tuesday 17 September, 7:15pm
The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season gets off to a dramatic start with the return of Puccini’s musically sublime final opera Turandot - a tale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions and powerful, triumphant love. read more
The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season gets off to a dramatic start with the return of Puccini’s musically sublime final opera Turandot - a tale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions and powerful, triumphant love. read more
National Theatre Live - Othello - Live Broadcast
Thursday 26 September, 7:00pm
The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare’s celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy. Othello, newly married to Desdemona – who is half his age – is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.read more
Thursday 26 September, 7:00pm
The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare’s celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy. Othello, newly married to Desdemona – who is half his age – is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.read more
National Theatre Live - Othello - Encore Performance
Sunday 29 September, 2:00pm
The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare’s celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy. Othello, newly married to Desdemona – who is half his age – is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.read more
Eugene Onegin Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 5 October, 5:55pm
Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien star as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance. Russian maestro Valery Gergiev conducts. read more
Eugene Onegin Encore from Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday 9 October, 2:00pm
Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien star as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance. Russian maestro Valery Gergiev conducts. read more
The adventures of Cervantes’ bumbling knight have been the inspiration for many ballets, best-known of which is the Don Quixote of Marius Petipa with music by Ludwig Minkus. All the elements of the great classical ballets are here: emotion, drama and vivid characters. read more
The Nose Live From Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 26 October, 5:55pm
William Kentridge stormed the Met with his inventive production of Shostakovich’s opera, which dazzled opera and art lovers alike in its inaugural run in 2010. Now Paulo Szot reprises his acclaimed performance of a bureaucrat, whose satirical misadventures in search of his missing nose are based on Gogol’s comic story. Valery Gergiev conducts. read more
The Nose Encore performance from Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday 30 October, 2:00pm
William Kentridge stormed the Met with his inventive production of Shostakovich’s opera, which dazzled opera and art lovers alike in its inaugural run in 2010. Now Paulo Szot reprises his acclaimed performance of a bureaucrat, whose satirical misadventures in search of his missing nose are based on Gogol’s comic story. Valery Gergiev conducts. read more
Les Vepres Siciliennes - Live from the Royal Opera House
Monday 4 November, 5:45pm
The Royal Opera presents Verdi’s grand opera Les Vepres siciliennes for the very first time – and in a major new production. Antonio Pappano conducts a star cast that includes Bryan Hymel, Marina Polavskaya, Erwin Schrott and Michael Volle. read more
Tosca Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 9 November, 5:55pm
Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by an exceptional cast, led by Patricia Racette in the title role of the jealous diva, opposite Roberto Alagna as her lover, Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze is the villainous Scarpia. read more
Tosca Encore from the Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday 13 November, 2:00pm
Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by an exceptional cast, led by Patricia Racette in the title role of the jealous diva, opposite Roberto Alagna as her lover, Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze is the villainous Scarpia. read more
RSC Live from stratford-upon-Avon - Richard II
Wednesday 13 November, 7:00pm
Richard is King, ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years. read more
The Nucracker - Live from the Royal Ballet
Thursday 12 December, 7:15pm
From the very first notes of Tchaikovsky’s overture to The Nutcracker, a sense of mystery and magic pervades the theatre as Herr Drosselmeyer sets in train the events that will see his beloved nephew, Hans Peter, freed from the enchantment of the evil Mouse King by the resourceful Clara. read more
Falstaff Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 14 December, 5:55pm
An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. read more
Falstaff Encore from the Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday 18 December, 12:00pm
An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. read more
Parsifal - Live from the Royal Opera House
Wednesday 18 December, 4:45pm
A new production of Parsifal, Wagner’s huge, profound meditation on guilt, death and possible redemption, is always a remarkable event. This one, directed by Stephen Langridge, designed by Alison Chitty and conducted by Antonio Pappano, the creative team who brought Birtwistle’s brutal, beautiful Minotaur to the stage, is especially exciting. read more
Giselle - Live from the Royal Ballet
Monday 27 January, 7:15pm
Giselle remains one of the most popular Romantic ballets of all time. The story brings together an engaging mix of human passions, supernatural forces, and the transcendent power of selfsacrificing love. read more
National Theatre Live - Coriolanus
Thursday 30 January, 7:00pm
When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people. read more
Rusalka Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 8 February, 5:55pm
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. read more
Rusalka Encore from the Metropolitan Office
Wednesday 12 February, 2:00pm
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy\-tale opera. read more
Don Giovanni - Live from the Royal Opera House
Wednesday 12 February, 6:45pm
Mozart’s sublime tragic comedy offers boundless scope for directors, and Kasper Holten has chosen it to follow his directorial debut of Eugene Onegin. read more
Prince Igor Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 1 March, 5:55pm
Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. read more
Prince Igor Encore from the Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday 5 March, 2:00pm
Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. read more
Werther Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 15 March, 5:55pm
Two of opera’s greatest artists \- Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča \- appear together for the first time at the Met in Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance.read more
The Sleeping Beauty - Live from the Royal Ballet
Wednesday 19 March, 7:15pm
First staged in St Petersburg in 1890, The Sleeping Beauty is the pinnacle of classical ballet: a perfect marriage of Petipa’s choreography and Tchaikovsky’s music and a glorious challenge for every dancer on stage. It is also The Royal Ballet’s signature work. read more
Werther Encore from the Metropolitan Opera
Thursday 20 March, 2:00pm
Two of opera’s greatest artists \- Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča \- appear together for the first time at the Met in Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance.read more
La Bohème Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 5 April, 5:55pm
Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo. read more
La Bohème Encore from the Metropolitan Opera
Thursday 10 April, 2:00pm
Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo. read more
Cosi Fan Tutte Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 26 April, 5:55pm
Music Director James Levine conducts Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov are their lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina. read more
The Winter's Tale - Live from the Royal Ballet
Monday 28 April, 7:15pm
Following his delightful full-length ballet Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Christopher Wheeldon continues his highly successful collaboration with designer Bob Crowley and composer Joby Talbot to create his first ballet based on a Shakespeare play, the late romance The Winter’s Tale. read more
Cosi Fan Tutte Encore from the Metropolitan Opera
Friday 2 May, 2:00pm
Music Director James Levine conducts Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov are their lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina. read more
La Cenerentola Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Saturday 10 May, 5:55pm
A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos joins forces in La Cenerentola \- a vocal tour de force for mezzo\-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the high\-flying tenor Juan Diego Flórez, as her Prince Charming. read more
La Cenerentola Encore from the Metropolitan Opera
Thursday 15 May, 2:00pm
A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos joins forces in La Cenerentola - a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the high-flying tenor Juan Diego Flórez, as her Prince Charming. read more
Manon Lescaut - Live from the Royal Opera House
Tuesday 24 June, 6:45pm
This early Puccini masterpiece makes a welcome return to Covent Garden after an absence of over 20 years, in a new production by Jonathan Kent under the baton of Music Director Antonio Pappano. The exciting Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais sings the title role. read more
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