
Ginger Costa-Jackson, Elisabet Strid, Louise Alder, Aleksandra Kurzak, Metropolitan Opera Headline Royal Ballet & Opera’s 2026-27 Cinema Season
By David SalazarThe Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2026-27 Cinema Season. Here are the opera performances, including a collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera.
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen lead Verdi’s “Macbeth” in a new Metropolitan Opera production directed by Louisa Proske and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, with Freddie De Tommaso and Ryan Speedo Green. (UK only)
Cinema Date: Oct. 20, 2026
Ginger Costa-Jackson and Russell Thomas lead a revival of Bizet’s “Carmen” in Damiano Michieletto’s production, conducted by Sesto Quatrini.
Cinema Date: Nov. 10, 2026
Vida Mikneviciute, SeokJong Baek, and Christopher Maltman lead Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” in a new Metropolitan Opera production directed by Richard Jones and conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson, marking the company’s first new staging of the work in over 30 years. (UK only)
Cinema Date: Jan. 26, 2027
Elisabet Strid, Andreas Schager, and Mika Kares lead Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” in the final installment of Barrie Kosky’s Ring cycle, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Cinema Date: Feb. 3, 2027
Louise Alder, Simone McIntosh, Mingjie Lei, Huw Montague Rendall, and Gerald Finley lead Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” in a new production marking Associate Director Netia Jones’ Main Stage debut, conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock.
Cinema Date: Feb. 23, 2027
Aleksandra Kurzak, Saimir Pirgu, and Christopher Maltman lead a revival of Puccini’s “Tosca” in Oliver Mears’ production, conducted by Daniel Oren.
Cinema Date: May 5, 2027
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