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.
DON QUIXOTE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 2, 2018
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Alexei Fadeyechev
• Composer: Léon Minkus
• Cast: Semyon Chudin, Ekaterina Krysanova
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs the ballet based on the classic Miguel de Cervantes novel.
• More Information: Fathom Events
LA TRAVIATA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 15, 2018
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Michael Mayer
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Cast: Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, Quinn Kelsey
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Verdi's opera about a courtesan's tragic sacrifice for love.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
THE NUTCRACKER
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 23, 2018
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
• Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Cast: TBD
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs the classic Christmas ballet about a young girl's adventures with her Nutcracker-turned-Prince.
• More Information: Fathom Events
ORPHÉE ET EURYDICE
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: 2018
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Lyric Opera House, Chicago
• Director: John Neumeier
• Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Cast: Andriana Chuchman, Dmitry Korchak, Lauren Snouffer
• A Great Performances broadcast of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Joffrey Ballet production of Gluck's opera about a poet who travels to the Underworld to bring his love back to life.
• More Information: Great Performances
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 12, 2019
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Francesco Cilea
• Cast: Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczała, Anita Rachvelishvili, Ambrogio Maestri
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Cilea's opera inspired by the relationship between French actor Adrienne Lecouvreur and soldier Maurice de Saxe.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
LA BAYADÈRE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 20, 2019
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
• Composer: Leon Minkus
• Cast: TBD
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs the ballet about a temple dancer and warrior who fall in love.
• More Information: Fathom Events
CARMEN
• U.S. Broadcast Date: February 2, 2019
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Richard Eyre
• Composer: Georges Bizet
• Cast: Clémentine Margaine, Roberto Alagna
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Bizet's opera about a soldier who falls in love with a gypsy woman.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 2, 2019
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Laurent Pelly
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
• Cast: Javier Camarena, Pretty Yende, Maurizio Muraro, Stephanie Blythe
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Donizetti's opera about an orphan girl raised by an army regiment.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 10, 2019
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
• Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Cast: Olga Smirnova, Semyon Chudin
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs the ballet based on the classic fairy tale.
• More Information: Fathom Events
DIE WALKÜRE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 30, 2019
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Giancarlo del Monaco
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Cast: Christine Goerke, Stuart Skelton, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Greer Grimsley
• The Metropolitan Opera performs the second opera from Wagner's Ring cycle.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
THE GOLDEN AGE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 7, 2019
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
• Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
• Cast: Nina Kaptsova, Ruslan Skvortsov, Mikhail Lobukhin
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs the ballet about a young fisherman who falls in love with a beautiful cabaret dancer.
• More Information: Fathom Events
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 11, 2019
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: John Dexter
• Composer: Francis Poulenc
• Cast: Isabel Leonard, Karita Mattila
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Poulenc's opera inspired by the martyrdom of 16 Carmelite nuns in 1794.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
CARMEN SUITE / PETRUSHKA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 19, 2019
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Choreographers: Alberto Alonso (Carmen Suite), Edward Clug (Petrushka)
• Composer: Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin (Carmen Suite), Igor Stravinsky (Petrushka)
• Cast: TBD
• The Bolshoi Ballet performs a pair of one-act ballets.
• More Information: Fathom Events
