Your Guide to Upcoming Live Opera & Ballet 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] .

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

EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO • Channel: PBS • U.S. Broadcast Date: October 18, 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: PBS

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 Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's 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

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_Originally reported by [Playbill](https://playbill.com/article/schedule-of-upcoming-live-opera-and-ballet-broadcasts)._