Special Events

National Theatre Live

FRANKENSTEIN

Version B: Thursday, October 5 • 1 & 7pm

Version B: 
Jonny Lee Miller as Creature, Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor

Not Rated

120 mins

Theater, Drama, Sci-Fi

★★★★★ “A hell of a production.” – The Times

Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller play Victor Frankenstein and his creation

directed by Danny Boyle

by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley

Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation…MORE INFO

Great Art On Screen

Titian: The Empire of Color

Tuesday, October 3 • 1 & 7pm

Not Rated

88 mins

Documentary

Winning over popes and emperors with his iconic, revolutionary works Titian succeeded in becoming one of the artists that symbolized the entire Renaissance. Titian was an extraordinary master of color and a brilliant entrepreneur, innovative both in a painting’s composition but also in how to sell it…MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

JACK HEGGIE

Dead Man Walking

Saturday, October 21 • 10am
Wednesday, October 25 • 1 & 7pm

Dead Man Walking contains adult themes and strong language. Parental discretion advised.

Jake Heggie’s powerful work has its highly anticipated Met premiere in a new production by Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of… MORE INFO

Great Art On Screen

Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection

Tuesday, October 24 • 1 & 7pm

Not Rated

102 mins

Documentary

A journey into the great beauty of Baroque Rome, when the city was the centre of western art and where every ambitious painter, sculptor and architect had to be. This is the story of the most famous artistic rivalry of all time, the one between Borromini and Bernini, but also the story of Borromini’s rivalry with himself…MORE INFO

EXHIBITION On Screen

Klimt And The Kiss

Tuesday, November 14 • 1 & 7pm
Thursday, November 30 • 1pm

Not Rated

90 mins

Documentary

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is one of the most recognised and reproduced paintings in the world. It is perhaps the most popular poster on student dorm walls from Beijing to Boston. Painted in Vienna around 1908, the evocative image of an unknown embracing couple has captivated viewers with its mystery, sensuality and dazzling materials ever since it was created. But just what lies behind the appeal…MORE INFO

The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K Fisher

Wednesday, November 15 • 4pm & 6:30pm

Post film discussion with Michelle Anna Jordan, Director Greg Bezat and Producer Gary Meyer

Not Rated

86 mins

Documentary

When Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher wrote about food, she also wrote about eccentricity, intimacy, and desire, about change, endurance, and survival. M.F.K. Fisher’s work laid the foundation of modern literary food writing. The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher traces the remarkable life…MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

ANTHONY DAVIS

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Saturday, November 18 • 10am
Wednesday, November 22 • 1 & 7pm

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Robert O’Hara, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2020 for his direction of Slave Play, oversees a new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman… MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

MOZART

The Magic Flute – Special Holiday Encore

Saturday, December 2 • 10am
Wednesday, December 6 • 1pm

The Met made history in December 2006 when it presented its first Live in HD transmission to cinemas worldwide: the abridged English-language version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Julie Taymor’s whimsical production features a winning ensemble, including tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn, and bass René Pape… MORE INFO

Great Art On Screen

Jeff Koons: An Intimate Portrait

Tuesday, December 5 • 1 & 7pm

Not Rated

80 mins

Documentary

This is not just a documentary but an amazing journey inside the mind of the most controversial artist of our time. Jeff Koons is widely regarded as one of the most influential, popular and disputed artists of the last 30 years. This film will show the hidden mechanisms lying behind the person, the artist and the Koons brand…MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

CATÁN

Florencia en el Amazonas

Saturday, December 9 • 10am
Wednesday, December 13 • 1 & 7pm

Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera focuses on an opera diva, Florencia Grimaldi, who returns to her native Brazil to perform and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle… MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

VERDI

Nabucco

Saturday, January 6 • 10am
Wednesday, January 10 • 1 & 7pm

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille… MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

BIZET

Carmen

Saturday, January 27 • 10am
Wednesday, January 31 • 1 & 7pm

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the present day, amid a band of human traffickers. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the touchstone role of the irresistible femme fatale… MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

VERDI

La Forza del Destino

Saturday, March 9 • 9am
Wednesday, March 13 • 12 & 6pm

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen, following a string of recent Met triumphs, in her role debut as the noble Leonora. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world… MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

GOUNOD

Roméo et Juliette

Saturday, March 23 • 10am
Wednesday, March 27 • 1 & 7pm

Two singers at the height of their powers—soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s Shakespeare adaptation, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores… MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

PUCCINI

La Rondine

Saturday, April 20 • 10am
Wednesday, April 24 • 1 & 7pm

Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the sophisticated French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman in his company debut as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess… MORE INFO

Met Opera Live in HD 23-24 Season

PUCCINI

Madama Butterfly

Saturday, May 11 • 10am
Wednesday, May 15 • 1 & 7pm

In her Met debut, Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the trusting geisha at the heart of Puccini’s tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman is the callous American naval officer Pinkerton whose betrayal destroys her. Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong is the steadfast maid Suzuki… MORE INFO