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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
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: February 4, 2024
• 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
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Davis' opera based on the life of civil rights leader Malcolm X.
• More Information: PBS

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

DEAD MAN WALKING
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 15, 2024
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Ivo van Hove
• Composer: Jake Heggie
• Cast: Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Latonia Moore, Susan Graham
• A Great Performances broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera production of Heggie's opera based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer.
• More Information: PBS

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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