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 MAGIC FLUTE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 6, 2025
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Julie Taymor
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cast: Ying Huang, Erika Miklósa, Matthew Polenzani
• The Metropolitan Opera performs an abridged English-language version of the Mozart opera. Filmed in December 2006.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
ANDREA CHÉNIER
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 13, 2025
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Nicolas Joël
• Composer: Umberto Giordano
• Cast: Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczała, Igor Golovatenko
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Giordano's opera about a virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
THE NUTCRACKER
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 16, 2025
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: London Coliseum, London
• Choregraphers: Aaron S. Watkin and Arielle Smith
• Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Cast: Aitor Arrieta, Ivana Bueno, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Emma Hawes, Anna Nevzorova, Junor Souza, Erik Woolhouse, Rhys Antoni Yeomans
• The English National Ballet performs the classic holiday ballet in a version set in Edwardian-era London.
• More Information: PBS
THE NUTCRACKER
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 21 and 22, 2025
• Genre: Ballet
• Theatre: Royal Opera House, London
• Choreographer: Peter Wright, after Lev Ivanov
• Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• The Royal Ballet performs the classic Christmas ballet about a young girl's adventures with her Nutcracker-turned-Prince.
• More Information: Fathom Events
I PURITANI
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 10, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Charles Edwards
• Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
• Cast: Lisette Oropesa, Lawrence Brownlee, Artur Ruciński, Christian Van Horn
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Bellini's opera about a couple brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 24, 2026
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Bartlett Sher
• Composer: Mason Bates
• Cast: Andrzej Filończyk, Miles Mykkanen, Patrick Carfizzi, Craig Colclough, Edward Nelson, Sun-Ly Pierce,
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Mason Bates and Gene Scheer opera based on Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera
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
• 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
