Turandot Live - approx 3hrs17th September <strong>2013</strong>, 7.15pmThe Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season getsoff to a dramatic start with <strong>the</strong> return of Puccini’smusically sublime final <strong>opera</strong> Turandot <strong>–</strong> a tale ofdisguised identities, riddles, ritual executionsand powerful, triumphant love. AndreiSerban’s production of this dark Orientalfairytale is truly spectacular.Giselle Live - approx 2hrs 30mins27th January <strong>2014</strong>, 7.15pmGiselle remains one of <strong>the</strong> most popular Romantic ballets of all time.The story brings toge<strong>the</strong>r an engaging mix of human passions, supernaturalforces, and <strong>the</strong> transcendent power of self-sacrificing love.Don Giovanni Live - approx 3hrs 40mins12th February <strong>2014</strong>, 6.45pmMozart’s sublime tragic comedy offers boundless scope for directors, andin this production Kasper Holten shifts <strong>the</strong> emphasis <strong>from</strong> Don Giovanni’ssex life into a darker place, showing Giovanni’s womanizing as an attempt tostave off his own mortality.Sleeping Beauty Live - approx 3hrs 10mins19th March <strong>2014</strong>, 7.15pmFirst staged in St Petersburg in 1890, The Sleeping Beauty is <strong>the</strong> pinnacleof classical ballet: a perfect marriage of Petipa’s choreography andTchaikovsky’s music and a glorious challenge for every dancer on stage. It isalso The Royal Ballet’s signature work.Don Quixote Live - approx 3hrs16th October <strong>2013</strong>, 7.15pmThe adventures of Cervantes’ bumbling knight havebeen <strong>the</strong> inspiration for many ballets, best-knownof which is <strong>the</strong> Don Quixote of Marius Petipa withmusic by Ludwig Minkus. All <strong>the</strong> elements of <strong>the</strong>great classical ballets are here: emotion, drama andvivid characters. Royal Ballet Principal Guest ArtistCarlos Acosta has danced <strong>the</strong> virtuoso role of Basiliomany times. So it is especially exciting that he iscreating this new production for The Royal Ballet.A Winter’s Tale Live - Running time TBC28th April <strong>2014</strong>, 7.15pmThe story follows <strong>the</strong> destruction of marriage through consuming jealousy,<strong>the</strong> abandonment of a child, and a seemingly hopeless love. Yet throughremorse and regret <strong>–</strong> and after a statue comes miraculously to life <strong>–</strong> <strong>the</strong>ending is one of forgiveness and reconciliation.Manon Lescaut Live - Running time TBC24th June <strong>2014</strong>, 6.45pmThe exciting Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais sings <strong>the</strong> title role. Aconsummate Puccini soprano, Opolais caused a sensation as MadamaButterfly in 2011, and with Manon Lescaut, <strong>the</strong> bold but impressionableheroine, we will see a very different side of her character.Les Vêpres SiciliennesLive - approx 4hrs 45mins4th November <strong>2013</strong>, 5.45pmThe Royal Opera presents Verdi’s grand <strong>opera</strong>Les Vepres siciliennes for <strong>the</strong> very first time <strong>–</strong> andin a major new production. The story is set toimpassioned and dramatic music, rich in showpiecearias and ensembles and with striking choruses,taking us over <strong>the</strong> threshold <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> reality of <strong>the</strong><strong>opera</strong> <strong>house</strong> into <strong>the</strong> dreamlike stories of <strong>the</strong> <strong>opera</strong>s<strong>the</strong>y present.The NutcrackerThe Nutcracker Live - approx 2hrs 10mins12th December <strong>2013</strong>, 7.15pmFrom <strong>the</strong> very first notes of Tchaikovsky’s overtureto The Nutcracker, a sense of mystery and magicpervades <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>atre as Herr Drosselmeyer sets intrain <strong>the</strong> events that will see his beloved nephew,Hans Peter, freed <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> enchantment of <strong>the</strong> evilMouse King by <strong>the</strong> resourceful Clara.Parsifal Live - approx 5hrs 30mins18th December <strong>2013</strong>, 4.45pmA new production of Parsifal, Wagner’s huge,profound meditation on guilt, death and possibleredemption, is always a remarkable event.GiselleProductions feature atleast one interval.
Eugene Onegin Live <strong>–</strong> approx 3hrs 45mins5th October <strong>2013</strong>, 5.55pmFrom Pushkin’s classic novel, Onegin is simultaneously abouttwo colliding Russian societies—rustic provincialism andcosmopolitan decadence—and three wasted lives.The Nose Live - approx 2hrs 15mins26th October <strong>2013</strong>, 5.55pmWilliam Kentridge’s dazzlingly innovative production of Shostakovich’sshocking, unconventional <strong>opera</strong> about a beleaguered Russian official andhis runaway nose returns to <strong>the</strong> Met for <strong>the</strong> first time since its sold-out2010 premiere.Tosca Live - approx 3hrs 35mins9th November <strong>2013</strong>, 5.55pmPatricia Racette portrays <strong>the</strong> tempestuous diva Floria Tosca in Luc Bondy’sproduction of Puccini’s enduring favorite. Roberto Alagna sings Tosca’slover, <strong>the</strong> painter Cavaradossi, and George Gagnidze is <strong>the</strong> corrupt, lustfulScarpia. Riccardo Frizza conducts Puccini’s sweeping, dramatic tale ofmurder, lust, and political intrigue.Falstaff Live <strong>–</strong> approx 3hrs 20mins14th December <strong>2013</strong>, 5.55pmVerdi’s brilliant final masterpiece Falstaff hasits first new Met production in nearly 50years, Ambrogio Maestri sings <strong>the</strong>iconic basso buffo role of Sir JohnFalstaff, <strong>the</strong> boorish, blusterycharacter originally seen inShakespeare’s Henry IV andMerry Wives of Windsor.Rusalka Live <strong>–</strong> approx 4hrs8th February <strong>2014</strong>, 5.55pmRenée Fleming sings her firstLive in HD performance of one ofher signature roles, <strong>the</strong> lovelornmermaid Rusalka, in Dvorák’ssumptuously melodic <strong>opera</strong>.Prince Igor Live <strong>–</strong> approx 4hrs 30mins1st March <strong>2014</strong>, 5.00pmAlexander Borodin’s epic Prince Igor has its first Met performances since1917 in a new production staged by noted Russian <strong>opera</strong> director DmitriTcherniakov in his Met debut.Wer<strong>the</strong>r Live - approx 3hrs 15mins15th March <strong>2014</strong>, 5.55pmDirector Richard Eyre returns to <strong>the</strong> Met with anew staging of Massenet’s tragic romanceWer<strong>the</strong>r, starring Jonas Kaufmann and ElïnaGaranča in <strong>the</strong>ir first Met performances as <strong>the</strong>brooding poet Wer<strong>the</strong>r and his unattainablelove, Charlotte.La Bohème Live <strong>–</strong> approx 3hrs 25mins5th April <strong>2014</strong>, 5.55pmAn exciting young cast stars in Franco Zeffirelli’sclassic production of La Bohème, <strong>the</strong>most-performed <strong>opera</strong> in Met history.Cosi Fan Tutte Live <strong>–</strong> approx 4hrs26th April <strong>2014</strong>, 5.55pmJames Levine conducts <strong>the</strong> first Live inHD performance of Mozart’s barbedromance.La CeneretolaLive <strong>–</strong> approx 3hrs 40mins10th May <strong>2014</strong>, 5.55pmJoyce DiDonato sings her first Metperformances of <strong>the</strong> title characterin Rossini’s Cinderella story,La Cenerentola, with bel cantomaster Juan Diego Flórez asher dashing prince.RusalkaLa Bohème
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