Event Cinema offers the very best in ballet, opera, musical theatre, Q&A’s and other cultural events from around the world. Broadcast or captured live from the stages of the world’s most famous venues.
3h 0m
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare's famous tragedy
Thu 22 Jan |
3h 30m
Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds - her heightened, startling and poignant reality.
Mon 9 Feb |
3h 0m
Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the much-anticipated return of the Olivier Award winning hit production, that inspired Netflix's The Crown.
Thu 26 Feb |
3h 30m
The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair.
Tue 3 Mar |
5h 10m
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide on March 21 as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles.
Sat 21 Mar |
5h 30m
Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey.
Tue 31 Mar |
3h 30m
Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter's rescue.
Tue 21 Apr |
4h 5m
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine.
Tue 5 May |
2h 50m
On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera's 2025/26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Franka's first opera.
Sat 30 May |