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Classic Arts Features Schedule of Upcoming Live Opera and Ballet Broadcasts

The opera and ballet fans' guide to where they can view live broadcasts.

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].

X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 18, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Robert O’Hara
• Composer: Anthony Davis
• Cast: Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Michael Sumuel, Victor Ryan Robertson
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Davis' opera based on the life of civil rights leader Malcolm X.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 9, 2023
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Mary Zimmerman
• Composer: Daniel Catán
• Cast: Ailyn Pérez, Gabriella Reyes, Greer Grimsley, Mattia Olivieri, Mario Chang, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Michael Chioldi
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Catán's opera about an opera diva who returns to her native Brazil to perform and search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

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

NABUCCO
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 6, 2024
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Elijah Moshinsky
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: George Gagnidze, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Maria Barakova, SeokJong Baek, Dmitry Belosselskiy
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

CARMEN
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 27, 2024
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Carrie Cracknell
• Composer: Georges Bizet
• Cast: Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Kyle Ketelsen
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Bizet's opera about a soldier who falls in love with a seductress.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 9, 2024
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Mariusz Treliński
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Lise Davidsen, Brian Jagde, Igor Golovatenko, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Patrick Carfizzi, Soloman Howard
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera about ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 23, 2024
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Bartlett Sher
• Composer: Charles Gounod
• Cast: Nadine Sierra, Benjamin Bernheim, Will Liverman, Frederick Ballentine, Samantha Hankey, Alfred Walker
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Charles Gounod's opera based on the Shakespeare play about two star-crossed lovers.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

LA RONDINE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 20, 2024
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Nicolas Joël
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelman, Emily Pogorelc, Bekhzod Davronov
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Puccini's opera about a young woman who leaves behind her luxurious existence to follow her heart.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

MADAMA BUTTERFLY
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 11, 2024
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Anthony Minghella
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman, Elizabeth DeShong, Lucas Meachem
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Puccini's opera about a young Japanese geisha who falls in love with a visiting American naval officer.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

 

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