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 HOURS
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 17, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Phelim McDermott
• Composer: Kevin Puts
• Cast: Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, Joyce DiDonato
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Puts's opera based on Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
• More Information: PBS
LOHENGRIN
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 18, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: François Girard
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Cast: Piotr Beczała, Tamara Wilson, Christine Goerke, Evgeny Nikitin, Günther Groissböck
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Wagner's opera about the heroic Knight of the Grail.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
FALSTAFF
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 1, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Robert Carsen
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Michael Volle, Hera Hyesang Park, Ailyn Pérez, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Bogdan Volkov, Christopher Maltman
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
LA TRAVIATA
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 2, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Michael Mayer
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Nadine Sierra, Stephen Costello, Luca Salsi
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's opera about a courtesan's tragic sacrifice for love.
• More Information: PBS
DER ROSENKAVALIER
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 15, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Robert Carsen
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Cast: Lise Davidsen, Isabel Leonard, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, Markus Brück
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Strauss's opera about an aristocratic young man who is torn between two women.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
CHAMPION
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 29, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: James Robinson
• Composer: Terence Blanchard
• Cast: Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Blanchard's opera about a young boxer who rises from obscurity to become a world champion.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
FEDORA
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 7, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Umberto Giordano
• Cast: Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczała, Rosa Feola, Artur Ruciński
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Giordano's opera about a Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé's murderer.
• More Information: PBS
DON GIOVANNI
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 20, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Ivo van Hove
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cast: Peter Mattei, Adam Plachetka, Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, Ying Fang, Ben Bliss
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Mozart's opera based on the legend of seducer Don Juan.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: June 3, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Simon McBurney
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cast: Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Thomas Oliemans, Kathryn Lewek, Stephen Milling
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Mozart's opera about a noble prince on a quest to rescue a maiden
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
MEDEA
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: June 16, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Luigi Cherubini
• Cast: Sondra Radvanovsky, Matthew Polenzani, Janai Brugger, Michele Pertusi, Ekaterina Gubanova
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Cherubini's opera based on the Greek tragedy.
• More Information: PBS
LOHENGRIN
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: July 9, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: François Girard
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Cast: Piotr Beczała, Tamara Wilson, Christine Goerke, Evgeny Nikitin, Günther Groissböck
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Wagner's opera about the heroic Knight of the Grail.
• More Information: PBS
FALSTAFF
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: August 6, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Robert Carsen
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Michael Volle, Hera Hyesang Park, Ailyn Pérez, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Bogdan Volkov, Christopher Maltman
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's opera based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.
• More Information: PBS
DER ROSENKAVALIER
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: September 10, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Robert Carsen
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Cast: Lise Davidsen, Isabel Leonard, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, Markus Brück
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Strauss's opera about an aristocratic young man who is torn between two women.
• More Information: PBS
DON GIOVANNI
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 1, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Ivo van Hove
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cast: Peter Mattei, Adam Plachetka, Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, Ying Fang, Ben Bliss
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart's opera based on the legend of seducer Don Juan.
• More Information: PBS
CHAMPION
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 5, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: James Robinson
• Composer: Terence Blanchard
• Cast: Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Blanchard's opera about a young boxer who rises from obscurity to become a world champion.
• More Information: PBS
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 10, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Simon McBurney
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cast: Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Thomas Oliemans, Kathryn Lewek, Stephen Milling
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart's opera about a noble prince on a quest to rescue a maiden
• More Information: PBS