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 dgewirtzman@playbill.com.
FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 23, 2021
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Directors: James Robinson and Camille A. Brown
• Composer: Terence Blanchard
• Cast: Will Liverman, Angel Blue, Latonia Moore
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Blanchard's opera based on on Charles M. Blow's memoir.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
SPARTACUS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 7, 2021
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
• Composer: Aram Khachaturian
• Cast: Denis Rodkin, Egor Gerashchenko, Ekaterina Shipulina, Maria Vinogradova, Anton Savichev
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs Khachaturian's ballet set in Imperial Rome.
• More Information: Fathom Events
COPPELIA
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 26, 2021
• Genre: Ballet
• Choreographers: Ted Brandsen and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
• Composer: Maurizio Malagnini
• Cast: Michaela DePrince, Daniel Camargo, Darcey Bussell
• A Great Performances broadcast of the comic ballet based on stories by E.T.A. Hoffman. This film adaptation, which combines live ballet with 2D and 3D animation, is based on a 2008 stage production by Dutch National Ballet.
• More Information: PBS
EURYDICE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 4, 2021
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Mary Zimmerman
• Composer: Matthew Aucoin
• Cast: Erin Morley, Joshua Hopkins, Jakub Józef Orliński, Nathan Berg, Barry Banks
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Aucoin's open based on Sarah Ruhl's 2003 play.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
THE NUTCRACKER
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 19 and 20, 2021
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
• Composer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Cast: Margarita Shrainer, Semyon Chudin
• An encore presentation of The Bolshoi Ballet performing the classic Christmas ballet about a young girl's adventures with her Nutcracker-turned-Prince. Filmed in 2018.
• More Information: Fathom Events
CINDERELLA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 1, 2022
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Laurent Pelly
• Composer: Jules Massenet
• Cast: Isabel Leonard, Emily D’Angelo, Jessica Pratt, Stephanie Blythe, Laurent Naouri
• The Metropolitan Opera performs a new 90-minute English adaptation of Massenet's opera.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
JEWELS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 23, 2022
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: George Balanchine
• Composers: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Cast: TBA
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs Balanchine's triptych of ballets inspired by Paris, New York, and St. Petersburg.
• More Information: Fathom Events
RIGOLETTO
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 29, 2022
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Bartlett Sher
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Quinn Kelsey, Rosa Feola, Piotr Beczała
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera about a court jester who is desperate to protect his daughter.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
SWAN LAKE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 6, 2022
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
• Composer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Cast: Olga Smirnova, Jacopo Tissi
• An encore presentation of The Bolshoi Ballet performing the ballet about a prince who falls in love with a woman who is under a spell that turns her into a swan. Filmed in 2020.
• More Information: Fathom Events
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 12, 2022
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Elijah Moshinsky
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Cast: Lise Davidsen, Isabel Leonard, Brenda Rae, Brandon Jovanovich
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Strauss' opera-within-an-opera.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
DON CARLOS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 26, 2022
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Matthew Polenzani, Sonya Yoncheva, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck, John Relyea, Étienne Dupuis
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera of doomed love, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
THE PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 1, 2022
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Pierre Lacotte
• Composer: Cesare Pugni
• Cast: TBA
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs Pugni's ballet set in Egypt.
• More Information: Fathom Events
TURANDOT
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 7, 2022
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Franco Zeffirelli
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Anna Netrebko, Yonghoon Lee, Michelle Bradley, Ferruccio Furlanetto
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Puccini's opera about a cold-hearted princess, and the bold prince determined to win her love.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 21, 2022
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Simon Stone
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
• Cast: Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena, Artur Ruciński, Matthew Rose
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Donizetti's opera about a bride who is driven to madness.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
HAMLET
• U.S. Broadcast Date: June 4, 2022
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Neil Armfield
• Composer: Brett Dean
• Cast: Allan Clayton, Brenda Rae, Sarah Connolly, Rod Gilfry, Tomlinson
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Dean's opera based on the Shakespeare play.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
