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