The following is a list of live opera productions announced to be shown in movie theatres and on television.

MANON
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 5, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Laurent Pelly
• Composer: Jules Massenet
• Cast: Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Massenet's opera about a young woman's journey from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan to destitute prisoner.
• More Information: PBS

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's 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

MADAMA BUTTERFLY
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: February 2, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Anthony Minghella
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Hui He, Bruce Sledge
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Puccini's opera about a young Japanese geisha who falls in love with a visiting American naval officer.
• More Information: PBS

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: François Girard
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Cast: Bryn Terfel
• 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

TURANDOT
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: March 20, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Franco Zeffirelli
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Christine Goerke, Yusif Eyvazov
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Puccini's opera about an icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men, and the prince who wins her love.
• More Information: PBS

AKHNATEN
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: April 5, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: Phelim McDermott
• Composer: Philip Glass
• Cast: Anthony Roth Costanzo, J'Nai Bridges
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Glass' opera based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
• More Information: PBS

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

WOZZECK
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: May 3, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: William Kentridge
• Composer: Alban Berg
• Cast: Peter Mattei, Elza van den Heever
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Berg's opera about an abused soldier.
• More Information: PBS

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

AGRIPPINA
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: June 7, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: George Frideric Handel
• Cast: Joyce DiDonato
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Handel's opera about Agrippina, mother of Nero, who plots for her son to become emperor of Rome.
• More Information: PBS

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: July 5, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: François Girard
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Cast: Bryn Terfel
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Wagner's opera about a cursed sea captain who is doomed to sail the ocean for eternity.
• More Information: PBS

PORGY AND BESS
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: July 17, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: James Robinson
• Composer: George Gershwin
• Cast: Eric Owens, Angel Blue
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Gershwin's opera about the inhabitants of Catfish Row in Charleston, South Carolina.
• More Information: PBS

TOSCA
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: August 2, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Cast: Anna Netrebko, Brian Jagde, Michael Volle
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Puccini's opera about a painter who runs afoul of the Chief of Police, and the singer who tries to save him.
• More Information: PBS

MARIA STUARDA
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: September 6, 2020
• Genre: Opera
• Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
• Director: David McVicar
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
• Cast: Diana Damrau, Jamie Barton, Stephen Costello
• A Great Performances at the Met broadcast of Donizetti's opera about Mary, Queen of Scots.
• More Information: PBS

From www.playbill.com.

Photo: Lisette Oropesa as Manon. © 2019 Marty Sohl.