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].
ROMEO AND JULIET
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 8 and 9, 2026
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Royal Opera House, London
• Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan
• Composer: Sergey Prokofiev
• Cast: Fumi Kaneko, Vadim Muntagirov
• The Royal Ballet performs the ballet based on the Shakespeare play about two star-crossed lovers.
• More Information: Fathom Events
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 21, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Yuval Sharon
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Cast: Lise Davidsen, Michael Spyres, Ekaterina Gubanova, Tomasz Konieczny, Ryan Speedo Green
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Wagner's opera inspired by the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
GISELLE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 12 and 13, 2026
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Royal Opera House, London
• Choreographer: Marius Petipa, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
• Composer: Adolphe Adam
• The Royal Ballet performs the classic ballet about a peasant girl who is driven mad by rival lovers.
• More Information: Fathom Events
EUGENE ONEGIN
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 2, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Deborah Warner
• Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Cast: Asmik Grigorian, Maria Barakova, Stephanie Blythe, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Igor Golovatenko, Alexander Tsymbalyuk
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Tchaikovsky's opera based on the Alexander Pushkin novel.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 30, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Deborah Colker
• Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank
• Cast: Gabriella Reyes, Isabel Leonard, Nils Wanderer, Carlos Álvarez
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz's opera inspired by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 3, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Phelim McDermott
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cast: Federica Lombardi, Samantha Hankey, Ana María Martínez, Duke Kim, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Gerald Finley,
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Mozart's satirical comedy of fickle young love, in a staging inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
MACBETH
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 17, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Louisa Proske
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Freddie De Tommaso, Ryan Speedo Green
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera based on on the Shakespeare play.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
CARMEN
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 14, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Richard Eyre
• Composer: Georges Bizet
• Cast: Elīna Garanča, Roberto Alagna
• An encore presentation of a Metropolitan Opera performance of the Bizet opera about a seductress who lives by her own rules. Filmed in 2010.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
SAMSON ET DALILA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 5, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Darko Tresnjak
• Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
• Cast: Aigul Akhmetshina, Clay Hilley, Quinn Kelsey, Alfred Walker, Morris Robinson
• The Metropolitan Opera performs the Saint-Saëns opera based on the biblical story of Samson and Delilah.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
THE MAGIC FLUTE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 17, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Julie Taymor
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cast: Ying Huang, Erika Miklósa, Matthew Polenzani, Nathan Gunn, René Pape
• An encore presentation of a Metropolitan Opera performance of its abridged English-language version of the Mozart opera. Filmed in 2006.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 23, 2027
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Richard Jones
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Sondra Radvanovsky, SeokJong Baek, Christopher Maltman
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Puccini's opera about a tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
SILENT NIGHT
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 20, 2027
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: James Robinson
• Composer: Kevin Puts
• Cast: Elza van den Heever, Ben Bliss, Rolando Villazón, Ben Reisinger, Mattia Olivieri, Justin Austin, Ryan McKinny, Kyle Ketelsen
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Puts' Pulitzer Prize-winning opera inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
MANON
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 3, 2027
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Laurent Pelly
• Composer: Jules Massenet
• Cast: Nadine Sierra, Matthew Polenzani, Carlo Bosi, Andrzej Filończyk, Rod Gilfry, Jean Teitgen
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Massenet's opera about a beautiful young woman who is incapable of forsaking both love and luxury.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
OTELLO
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 24, 2027
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Bartlett Sher
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, Artur Ruciński, Deborah Nansteel, Piotr Buszewski, Vitalij Kowaljow
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera based on the Shakespeare play.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
TOSCA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 8, 2027
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Lise Davidsen, Freddie De Tommaso, Quinn Kelsey
• An encore presentation of a Metropolitan Opera performance of Puccini's opera about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist. Filmed in 2024.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
PARSIFAL
• U.S. Broadcast Date: June 5, 2027
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: François Girard
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Cast: Piotr Beczała, Elīna Garanča, Peter Mattei, Ryan Speedo Green, Jongmin Park, Alfred Walker
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Wagner's opera about a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
