Broadcasts and Film

‘I couldn’t help myself’: Costa-Jackson’s Carmen casts its spell at the cinema

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sesto Quatrini (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Rhodri Huw) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and viewed at Cineworld, Newport, Isle of Wight, 10.11.2026. (DH) ****

Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen) and Russell Thomas (Don José) © Mihaela Bodlovic

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Much fun was had by everyone at La fille du régiment in Vienna with 18 High Cs and all

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AustriaAustria Donizetti, La fille du régiment: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Evelino Pidò (conductor). Streamed live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from the Vienna State Opera, 7.11.2026. (JPr)

Erin Morley (Marie) and Xabier Anduaga (Tonio) © WS/Stephan Brückler

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Quinn Kelsey’s well-sung and acted Macbeth elevates the Met’s new gloomy staging of Verdi’s opera

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United StatesUnited States Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Performance broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 17.10.2026, and seen at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, 19.10.2026. (JPr)

Quinn Kelsey (Macbeth) and Lise Davidsen (Lady Macbeth) © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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(P)review of Scottish Ballet and Forest of Black’s These Violent Delights in cinemas soon

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom These Violent Delights – ‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ ***

Romeo (Ishan Mahabir-Stokes) and Juliet (Kayla-Maree Tarantolo)inside The Apothecary © Mihaela Bodlovic

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Asmik Grigorian gives typically towering portrayals in Vienna’s new Zemlinsky/Bartók double-bill

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AustriaAustria Zemlinsky, A Florentine Tragedy; Bartók, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). 8.10.2026 Vienna State Opera performance (directed by Jakob Pitzer) livestreamed on 10.10.2026. (JPr)

Dmitry Golovnin (Guido), Asmik Grigorian (Bianca) and Christopher Maltman (Simone) in A Florentine Tragedy © WS/Marcel Urlaub

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Fairground thrills and emotional truth in the Met’s Coney Island Così fan tutte

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Nimrod David Pfeffer (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 3.10.2026, and viewed at Everyman Winchester, 6.10.2026. (DH) ****

Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi) and Samantha Hankey (Dorabella) © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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(P)review of ENB’s The Sleeping Beauty film: ideal viewing for those new to ballet

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty: Soloists, Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Filmed (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 28 June 2025 and available in UK cinemas from 13.9.2026. (JPr) ***

Anna Nevzorova (Aurora) and Davi Ramos (Prince Désiré) © Annabel Moeller

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Martin Crimp’s second Misanthrope reaches the screen in an inventive NT staging

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom NT Live – Molière’s The Misanthrope (by Martin Crimp, after Molière): Filmed (directed by Christine Lalla) during its run at the Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London, broadcast in cinemas from 22.9.2026, and viewed at Cineworld, Newport, Isle of Wight. (DH) ****

Sandra Oh (Alice) and Paul Chahidi (John) © Marc Brenner

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