The following is a list of live opera productions announced to be shown in movie theatres and on television. For Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, clicke “The Metropolitan Opera”, then click “Find Cinemas” and and type in your city on the new page,

MANON
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 26, 2019
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Laurent Pelly
• Composer: Jules Massenet
• Cast: Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Massenet's opera about a young woman's journey from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan to destitute prisoner.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

MADAMA BUTTERFLY
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 9, 2019
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Anthony Minghella
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Hui He, Andrea Caré, Plácido Domingo
• 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

AKHNATEN
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 23, 2019
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Phelim McDermott
• Composer: Philip Glass
• Cast: Anthony Roth Costanzo, J'Nai Bridges
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Glass' opera based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

WOZZECK
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 11, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: William Kentridge
• Composer: Alban Berg
• Cast: Peter Mattei, Elza van den Heever
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Berg' opera about an abused soldier.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

PORGY AND BESS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: February 1, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: James Robinson
• Composer: George Gershwin
• Cast: Eric Owens, Angel Blue
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Gershwin's opera about the inhabitants of Catfish Row in Charleston, South Carolina.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

AGRIPPINA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: February 29, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: George Frideric Handel
• Cast: Joyce DiDonato
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Handel's opera about Agrippina, mother of Nero, who plots for her son to become emperor of Rome.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 14, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Bryn Terfel
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Cast: François Girard
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Wagner's opera about a cursed sea captain who is doomed to sail the ocean for eternity.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

TOSCA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 11, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Anna Netrebko, Brian Jagde, Michael Volle
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Puccini's opera about a painter who runs afoul of the Chief of Police, and the singer who tries to save him.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

MARIA STUARDA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 9, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
• Cast: Diana Damrau, Jamie Barton, Stephen Costello
• The Metropolitan Opera performs Donizetti's opera about Mary, Queen of Scots.
• More Information: The Metropolitan Opera

Photo: Anthony Roth Costanzo as Akhnaten. © 2019 Jane Hobson.