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The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: September 27 2022 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: October 2 2022 at 2pm (BST)
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: October 5 2022 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: October 9 2022 at 2pm (BST)
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: October 12 2022 at 6.45pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: October 16 2022 at 2pm (BST)
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: October 20 2022 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: October 23 2022 at 2pm (BST)
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: November 16 2022 at 7.15pm (GMT)
Encore broadcast: November 20 2022 at 2pm (GMT)
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: December 8 2022 at 7.15pm (GMT)
Encore broadcast: December 11 2022 at 2pm (GMT)
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: January 19 2023 at 7.15pm (GMT)
(filmed in June 2022)
Encore broadcast: January 22 2023 at 2pm (GMT)
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: February 15 2023 at 7pm (GMT)
Encore broadcast: February 19 2023 at 2pm (GMT)
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: March 22 2023 at 7.15pm (GMT)
Encore broadcast: March 26 2023 at 2pm (BST)
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: April 12 2023 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: April 16 2023 at 2pm (BST)
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: April 27 2023 at 6.45pm (BST)
(filmed in January 2022)
Encore broadcast: April 30 2023 at 2pm (BST)
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: May 24 2023 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: May 28 2023 at 2pm (BST)
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: June 13 2023 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: June 18 2023 at 2pm (BST)
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We are delighted to share details of the brand-new Cinema Season from The Royal Opera House. The 2022-23 season will be the biggest season yet with 13 world-class productions – seven operas and six ballets.
2022-23 Cinema Season Key Highlights
- Popular classics including The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, La bohème, Aida and Madama Butterfly – the best all-time performing opera in cinemas
- Highly anticipated new production of Cinderella from the Royal Ballet
- An international roster of opera stars including Juan Diego Flórez and Danielle de Niese in La bohème, Elena Stikhinaand Ludovic Tézier in Aida, and Bryn Terfel in The Barber of Seville
- For the first time ever, two opening night live broadcasts – Mayerling and The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
- The World Premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet Like Water for Chocolate
We hope to welcome you back to this fantastic new season.
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: September 27 2022 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: October 2 2022 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray window: October 18 2022 – November 17 2022
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Cast: Maria Agresta (Cio-Cio-San), Joshua Guerrero (Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton), Carlos Álvarez (Sharpless), Christine Rice (Suzuki), Carlo Bosi (Goro)
With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria, ‘Un bel di, vedremo’ (‘One fine day’) and Humming Chorus, Giacoma Puccini’s opera is entrancing and ultimately heart-breaking
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: October 5 2022 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: October 9 2022 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray Window: October 26 2022 – November 25 2022
Director:
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Cast: TBC
Dangerous desires, family secrets and political intrigues twist through every moment of daring choreography in Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet inspired by true events.
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: October 12 2022 at 6.45pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: October 16 2022 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray Window: November 2 2022 – December 2 2022
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Cast: Elena Stikhina (Aida), Francesco Meli (Radames), Agnieszka Rehlis (Amneris), Ludovic Tézier (Amonasro), Soloman Howard (Ramfis), In Sung Sim (King of Egypt)
In this new production, director Robert Carsen situates Verdi’s large-scale political drama within a contemporary world, framing its power struggles and toxic jealousies in the apparatus of a modern, totalitarian state.
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: October 20 2022 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: October 23 2022 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray window: November 10 2022 – December 10 2022
Conductor: Kevin John Edusei
Cast: Ailyn Pérez (Mimi), Juan Diego Flórez (Rodolfo), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Marcello), Danielle de Niese (Musetta), Ross Ramgobin (Schaunard), Michael Mofidian (Coline)
Richard Jones’s recent production perfectly captures the vulnerability of youth amid the harshness and glamour of a big city. Atmospheric designs by Stewart Laing evoke both the poverty of the bohemians’ attic home and the splendour of Paris’s shopping arcades on Christmas Eve.
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: November 16 2022 at 7.15pm (GMT)
Encore broadcast: November 20 2022 at 2pm (GMT)
DCP/Bluray window: December 7 2022 – January 6 2023
Cast: TBC
In November, to mark 60 years of the Friends of the Royal Opera House, a stunning roster of Principals perform in The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration – an evening that comprises of three world premieres, George Balanchine’s Diamonds and the Company’s first performance of For Four by Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon.
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: December 8 2022 at 7.15pm (GMT)
Encore broadcast: December 11 2022 at 2pm (GMT)
DCP/Bluray window: December 19 2022 – January 18 2023 (OV only)
Choreography: Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov
Cast: TBC
Peter Wright’s much loved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet classic, combining the thrill of the fairy tale with spectacular dancing.
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: January 19 2023 at 7.15pm (GMT)
(filmed in June 2022)
Encore broadcast: January 22 2023 at 2pm (GMT)
DCP/Bluray window: January 19 2023 – February 18 2023
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Cast: TBC
Never Before Seen In Cinema and, based on Laura Esquivel’s captivating novel of the same name
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: February 15 2023 at 7pm (GMT)
Encore broadcast: February 19 2023 at 2pm (GMT)
DCP/Bluray window: March 8th 2023 – April 7 2023
Conductor: Rafael Payare
Cast: Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina), Andrzej Filonczyk (Figaro), Lawrence Brownlee (Count Almaviva), Bryn Terfel (Don Basilio), Fabio Capitanucci (Doctor Bartolo), Ailish Tynan (Berta), Josef Jeongmeen Ahn (Fiorello)
Expect heart-melting serenades, ridiculous disguises and a fairytale ending waiting just out of reach. From the barber’s opening number ‘Largo al factotum’, with its cry of ‘Figaro!,’to Rosina’s feisty aria ‘Una voce poco fa,’Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera is a riotously entertaining affair.
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: March 22 2023 at 7.15pm (GMT)
Encore broadcast: March 26 2023 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray window: April 17 2023 – May 17 2023
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Cast: Anna Pirozzi (Princess Turandot), Yonghoon Lee (Calaf), Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (Liù), Vitalij Kowaljow (Timur), Hansung Yoo (Ping), Aled Hall (Pang), Michael Gibson (Pong)
Puccini’s score is rich in musical marvels (featuring ‘Nessun dorma’), while Andrei Serban’s production draws on Chinese theatrical tradition to evoke a colourful fantasy tableau of ancient Peking.
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: April 12 2023 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: April 16 2023 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray window: May 4 2023 – June 3 2023
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Cast: TBC
A creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera brings new atmosphere to Cinderella’s ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages, handsome princes and finding true love.
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: April 27 2023 at 6.45pm (BST)
(filmed in January 2022)
Encore broadcast: April 30 2023 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray window: April 27 2023 – May 27 2023
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Cast: Riccardo Fassi (Figaro), Giulia Semenzato (Susanna), Davide Luciano (Count Almaviva), Federica Lombardi (Countess Almaviva),Hanna Hipp (Cherubino), Gregory Bonfatti (Don Basilio), Monica Bacelli (Marcellina), Gianluca Buratto (Bartolo), Jeremy White (Antonio), Alexandra Lowe (Barbarina), Alasdair Elliott (Don Curzio), Helen Withers (First Bridesmaid), Miranda Westcott (Second Bridesmaid)
David McVicar’s glorious production of Mozart’s ever-popular comic opera conducted by Antonio Pappano
The Royal Ballet
Live broadcast: May 24 2023 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: May 28 2023 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray window: June 15 2023 – July 15 2023
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Cast: TBC
Be swept away by Tchaikovsky’s ravishing music and Oliver Messel’s sumptuous designs with this true gem from the classical repertory.
The Royal Opera
Live broadcast: June 13 2023 at 7.15pm (BST)
Encore broadcast: June 18 2023 at 2pm (BST)
DCP/Bluray window: July 4 2023 – August 3 2023
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Cast: TBC (Leonora), Yusif Eyvazov (Manrico), Ludovic Tézier (Count di Luna), Jamie Barton (Azucena), Roberto Tagliavini (Ferrando)
Adeele Thomas’s energetic staging sets Verdi’s tale in a Hieronymus Bosch inspired universe of medieval superstition. On the podium, Antonio Pappano conducts Verdi’s dramatic score