PALACE OPERA AND BALLET
Experience the best of what's on stage in Europe in Bowral, with new performances screening direct from London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, Opéra National de Paris and Milan’s Teatro alla Scala!
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La Scala Verdi's La Traviata
Conductor: Michele Gamba
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast: Nadine Sierra (Violetta), Piero Pretti (Alfredo Germont), Boris Pinkhasovich (Giorgio Germont), Carlotta Vichi (Flora), Francesco Pittari (Gastone), Fabrizio Beggi (Barone)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Director: Liliana Cavani
Set Design: Dante Ferretti
Duration: approx. 3h20 incl. two intervals
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
Opera in three acts (1853)
A blessing and a challenge for every major opera house, La traviata holds a special place in La Scalas history, marked by the legendary 1953 production conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, directed by Luchino Visconti, and starring Maria Callas. That iconic interpretation seemed untouchable until 1990, when Riccardo Muti commissioned a new, lavish production from director Liliana Cavani, with sets by Dante Ferretti and costumes by Gabriella Pescucci. This evocative and poetic staging returns in 2026 under Michele Gamba, with an unmissable cast: the charismatic Nadine Sierra as the courtesan Violetta, Piero Pretti as the idealistic Alfredo with whom she falls in love, and Boris Pinkhasovich as Giorgio Germont, whose intervention changes the course of their lives.
Screening Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 November 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Opera Di Roma Rossini's Tancredi
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro dellOpera di Roma
Cast: Carlo Vistoli (Tancredi), Martina Russomanno (Amenaide), Antonino Siragusa (Argirio), Luca Tittoto (Orbazzano), Ekaterine Buachidze (Isaura), Maria Elena Pepi (Roggiero)
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Director: Emma Dante
Set Design: Carmine Maringola
Duration: approx. 3h incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Opera in two acts (1813)
New Production! Youll see me again, Ill see you again Rossinis heroic melodrama returns to the Rome Opera in a new staging by Emma Dante, with Michele Mariotti on the podium and Carlo Vistoli in the title role. Set in medieval Syracuse, the opera follows the exiled knight Tancredi, who secretly returns to defend his city and reclaim his love, Amenaide (Martina Russomanno), wrongly accused of betraying her people. A misinterpreted letter sparks jealousy, political intrigue and a death sentence, as Tancredi is driven to fight for Amenaides honour even while believing her unfaithful. Rossinis luminous early score, heard here in the operas tragic Ferrara ending, meets Dantes striking theatre of puppets imagery to create a visually bold, emotionally charged staging where love and loyalty are tested to the limit.
Screening Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 November 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Ballet MacMillan's Manon
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: The Royal Ballet
Music: Jules Massenet
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Designs: Nicholas Georgiadis
Duration: approx. 3h10 incl. two intervals
Ballet in two acts (1974)
A life of luxury… or love? In the seedy underbelly of 18th-century Paris, money is king. Nothing is sacred – even love itself can be bought for the right price. A native of this hedonistic underworld, Manon is caught between twin desires when she falls in love with the student Des Grieux. Steadfast and devoted, he offers the possibility of an honourable life. Yet, the riches promised by the world of Parisian society remain tempting...
Manon’s inner turmoil and struggle for survival lie at the devastating heart of Kenneth MacMillan’s 1974 adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s novel. In this signature work of The Royal Ballet, MacMillan’s nuanced understanding of human psychology makes for an unflinching look into the moral degradation of Manon’s Paris, while all its decadence and decay are brought to life through Jules Massenet’s score and Nicholas Georgiadis’s designs.
Screening Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 November 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Paris Opera Ballet Nureyev's Romeo and Juliet
Conductor: Robert Houssart
Orchestra: Orchestre de lOpra national de Paris
Cast: Paul Marque (Romo), Sae Eun Park (Juliette), Francesco Mura (Mercutio), Jrmy-Loup Quer (Tybalt), Jack Gasztowtt (Benvolio), Silvia Saint-Martin (Rosaline), Andrea Sarri (Pris)
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev
Designs: Ezio Frigerio
Duration: approx. 2h35 without interval
Ballet in three acts (1984)
Raised to mythic status by Shakespeare, the story of Romeo and Juliet waited until the 20th century to find its definitive ballet incarnation in Sergei Prokofievs sweeping score. Rudolf Nureyevs legendary 1984 production for the Paris Opera Ballet translates this brilliant, energetic music into a richly detailed, strikingly cinematic vision. His choreography follows Romeo (toile Paul Marque) on his journey into manhood through his encounter with a fiercely passionate Juliet (toile Sae Eun Park), whose own rush into adulthood ends in tragedy. Lavish ball scenes, headstrong youthful clashes and thrilling duels unfold against opulent Italian Renaissance sets, giving physical and emotional depth to the lovers struggle against the age-old feud that divides their families and seals their fate.
Screening Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 December 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 9 December 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Opera Bizet's Carmen
Conductor: Sesto Quatrini
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen), Russell Thomas (Don José), Adriana González (Micaëla), Alexander Vinogradov (Escamillo), Barnaby Rea (Zuniga)
Composer: Georges Bizet
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Set Design: Paolo Fantin
Duration: approx. 3h35 including an interval
Sung in French, with English subtitles.
Opera in four acts (1875)
Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José. She warns him not to fall in love with her, but his obsession knows no bounds.
Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of Bizet’s ever-popular opera. An all-star cast brings this white-hot drama to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role, alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José. Following his 2023 Royal Opera debut, Sesto Quatrini returns to conduct Bizet’s electrifying and sensual score.
Screening Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 December 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 16 December 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Ballet Wright's The Nutcracker
Conductor: Charlotte Politi
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: Mayara Magri (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Reece Clarke (The Prince), James Hay (Herr Drosselmeyer), Mariana Tsambenhoi (Clara), Taisuke Nakao (Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker)
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov
Designs: Julia Trevelyan Oman
Duration: approx. 2h20 incl. an interval
Ballet in two acts (1892)
Special Xmas encore screenings! At a cosy Christmas party, young Clara meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll. When the guests have departed and the house is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs in search of the doll. Instead, she finds Drosselmeyer, who whisks her away on a journey into a whole world of enchantment: fantastical landscapes of flurried snow and glittering confection where toys come alive and the magic never stops.
Peter Wright’s production of this festive family favourite sparkles to the wondrous swell of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral score, alongside the glow and grandeur of Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs.
Screening Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 December 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 23 December 2026 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
La Scala Verdi's Otello
Conductor: Myung-whun Chung
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast: Brian Jagde (Otello), Eleonora Buratto (Desdemona), Luca Salsi (Iago), Juan Franciso Gatell (Cassio), Cristiano Olivieri (Roderigo), Huanhong Li (Lodovico), Nicol Ceriani (Montano), Szilvia Vrs (Emilia)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Set Design: Paolo Fantin
Duration: approx. 3h incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Opera in four acts (1887)
New Production! La Scalas gala season opening is always a glittering highlight of the international opera calendar and one of the most closely watched premieres of the year. This season, Myung-whun Chung inaugurates his first year as Music Director with Verdis Shakespearean masterpiece Otello, composed for La Scala in 1887 to a libretto by Arrigo Boito. The opera traces the downfall of the Moorish general Otello (Brian Jagde), his devoted wife Desdemona (Eleonora Buratto) and his ensign Iago (Luca Salsi), whose insidious lies ignite jealousy, fracture trust and drive the lovers towards catastrophe. In his eighth staging for La Scala and his first season-opening premiere Damiano Michieletto explores the human fragility and inner conflicts at the heart of the drama.
Screening Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 January 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 3 February 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Paris Opera Ballet Nureyev's Swan Lake
Conductor: Vello PhnOrchestra: Orchestre de lOpra national de Paris
Cast: Sae Eun Park (Odette/Odile), Paul Marque (Prince Siegfried), Pablo Legasa (Rothbart)
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev
Designs: Franca Squarciapino
Director: Isabelle Julien
Duration: approx. 2h20 without interval
Ballet in four acts (1984)
Encore Screenings! During his birthday celebration, Prince Siegfried (Paul Marque) is expected to choose a bride. Longing to escape reality, he imagines an ideal love, while his tutor tries to bring him back down to earth and remind him of his duty. On a dreamlike escape, the prince meets Odette (Sae Eun Park), a princess transformed into a swan by the sorcerer Rothbart (Pablo Legasa); only true love can break the spell. Captivated, Siegfried promises Odette he will save her and invites her to his court. To trap the prince, the sorcerer sends his daughter Odile, disguised as Odette, to seduce him. Rudolf Nureyevs legendary production for the Paris Opera Ballet lends this classic tale dramatic psychological depth and showcases the companys world-class virtuosity, from grand ensemble scenes to the iconic white-act pas de deux.
Screening Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 February 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 10 February 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Opera Di Roma Verdi's Falstaff
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro dellOpera di Roma
Cast: Luca Salsi (Falstaff), Maria Agresta (Mrs. Alice Ford), George Petean (Ford), Ekaterine Buachidze (Mrs. Meg Page), Violeta Urmana (Mrs. Quickly), Marina Monz (Nannetta), Yijie Shi(Fenton), Carlo Bosi (Cajus)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Director: Tatjana Grbaca
Set Design: Henrik Ahr
Duration: approx. 2h45 incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Opera in three acts (1893)
New Production! Verdis final opera returns to the Teatro Costanzi in a sparkling new production by award-winning director Tatjana Grbaca, conducted by Michele Mariotti and led by one of todays foremost Verdi baritones, Luca Salsi, as the irrepressible Sir John Falstaff. Inspired by Shakespeares The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, the opera follows the ageing, cash-strapped knight as he plots to seduce two resourceful wives to restore his fortunes only to become the target of their brilliantly orchestrated revenge. As jealous husbands, quick-witted women and young lovers collide, Verdis late style fizzes with razor-sharp ensembles, flowing lyricism and a jubilant final fugue that wryly reminds us that tutto nel mondo burla everything in the world is a joke.
Screening Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 February 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 17 February 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Paris Opera Ballet Nureyev's La Bayadere
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Orchestra: Orchestre de lOpra national de Paris
Cast: Dorothe Gilbert (Nikiya), Hugo Marchand (Solor), Roxane Stojanov (Gamzatti), Thomas Docquir (Golden Idol)
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev
Designs: Ezio Frigerio
Duration: approx. 2h5 without interval
Ballet in three acts (1992)
It was on the stage of the Palais Garnier that Rudolf Nureyev first revealed himself to Western audiences in 1961 as a dancer, and on this same stage that he greeted the public for the last time in 1992 as a choreographer, with La Bayadre. Adapted from Petipa's original, the work reflects Nureyevs taste for flamboyance. In an imaginary India, where an elephant parades before the rajahs palace and a golden idol performs a fan dance, a thwarted love unfolds between the warrior Solor (Hugo Marchand) and the bayadre Nikiya (Dorothe Gilbert), a temple dancer. A jewel in the crown of the Paris Operas repertoire, La Bayadre dazzles with virtuoso variations, spectacular ensembles and the purity of its Kingdom of the Shades scene, during which 32 dancers in white tutus slowly trace their arabesques with a poetry bordering on magic.
Screening Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 February 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 24 February 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Opera Wagner's Gotterdammerung
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Thomas Lehman (Gunther), Mika Kares (Hagen), Christopher Purves (Alberich), Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde), Amanda Majeski (Gutrune), Annika Schlicht (Waltraute), Noa Beinart (First Norn), Claire Barnett-Jones (Second Norn), Catharine Woodward (Third Norn), Sarah Brady (Woglinde), Niamh O’Sullivan (Wellgunde), Sian Griffiths (Flosshilde)
Composer: Richard Wagner
Director: Barrie Kosky
Set Design: Rufus Didwiszus
Duration: approx. 5h50 incl. two intervals
Sung in German, with English subtitles.
Opera in a prologue and three acts (1876)
New Production! An earth in ruin. The twilight of the Gods. Deception leads to treachery, then devastation, when Siegfried is tricked into betraying Brünnhilde. Learning the truth of her beloved’s innocence, Brünnhilde at last returns the ring to the Rhinemaidens, before ordering that Valhalla be swallowed in flames.
For the long-awaited finale of Wagner’s epic saga, director Barrie Kosky situates the rich apocalyptic drama in a contemporary world of dream-like turmoil. Antonio Pappano, Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera, returns to take on the impassioned, otherworldly music – including Siegfried’s transporting Funeral March and Brünnhilde’s electrifying Immolation Scene. The brilliant cast is led by Elisabet Strid, Andreas Schager and Mika Kares, who together with the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorus bring opera’s greatest journey to its shattering end.
Screening Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 February 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 3 March 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
La Scala Verdi's Requiem Mass
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast: Anna Netrebko (Soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (Mezzo-soprano), Fabio Sartori (Tenor), Michele Pertusi (Bass)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Duration: approx. 1h40 without interval
Sung in Latin, with English subtitles.
Requiem (1874)
Special Presentation! Combining religious grandeur with operatic drama and passion, Giuseppe Verdis towering choral masterpiece Messa da Requiem is an exhilarating, deeply compelling exploration of grief and devotion, with writing of equal brilliance for chorus and soloists alike. This stirring La Scala performance, conducted by maestro Riccardo Chailly and featuring Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Fabio Sartori and Michele Pertusi, reveals the works full emotional and sonic power. From the whispered supplication of the Requiem aeternam to the thunderous terror of the Dies irae and the luminous beauty of the Lacrimosa, Verdis mighty score surges with operatic intensity and spiritual fervour. An unmissable encounter with one of the great sacred works of the nineteenth century.
Screening Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 March 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 17 March 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Paris Opera Ballet Petit's Notre-Dame De Paris
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Orchestra: Orchestre de lOpra national de Paris
Cast: Amandine Albisson (Esmerelda), Hugo Marchand (Quasimodo), Pablo Legasa (Frollo), Antonio Conforti (Phoebus)
Music: Maurice Jarre
Choreography: Roland Petit
Designs: Ren Allio
Duration: approx. 1h30 without interval
Ballet in two acts and thirteen scenes (1965)
For his first choreography at the Paris Opera in 1965, Roland Petit created a colourful fresco, as theatrical as it is intense, from Victor Hugos lavish novel. Between the four central characters Esmeralda (Amandine Albisson) in love with Captain Phoebus (Antonio Conforti); Frollo (Pablo Legasa) tormented by desire; and the hunchback Quasimodo (Hugo Marchand) the tale unfolds against a medieval backdrop populated by a fickle crowd, shifting from elation to cruelty. Combining neoclassical language with the spirit of music hall, Petit (who starred as the original Quasimodo) surrounded himself with leading creative artists of his time: Maurice Jarre for the music, Ren Allio for the sets and Yves Saint Laurent for the costumes, which he wanted to be as colourful as the stained-glass windows of a cathedral.
Screening Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 March 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 24 March 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Opera Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte
Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: Louise Alder (Fiordiligi), Simone McIntosh (Dorabella), Mingjie Lei (Ferrando), Huw Montague Rendall (Guglielmo), Gerald Finley (Don Alfonso), Emily Pogorelc (Despina)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Director: Netia Jones
Set Design: Hyemi Shin
Duration: approx. 3h30 incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
Opera in four acts (1881)
New Production! Spurred on by a bet, two young men hatch a plan to test the fidelity of their girlfriends. What follows is a slippery game of seduction and power, the four lovers plunging into a dizzying world of shifting reality, where truth becomes increasingly unstable.
Così fan tutte has lost none of its sting since it first scandalised audiences in 1790. In her Main Stage debut, Netia Jones, Associate Director of The Royal Opera, reimagines Mozart’s comedy of manners through a sharp contemporary lens, where 18th-century romantic trickery meets deeply satirical high-tech deceit. Taking on the roles of the lovers is an exciting young cast led by Louise Alder, Simone McIntosh, Mingjie Lei and Huw Montague Rendall, with Gerald Finley as their manipulative game-master Don Alfonso and Emily Pogorelc as Despina. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts, bringing out the exquisite melodies that underpin the provocative, and resolutely modern, themes at the heart of the opera.
Screening Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 April 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 7 April 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Ballet Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: Francesca Hayward (Alice), William Bracewell (Jack/The Knave of Hearts), James Hay (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit), Lauren Cuthbertson (Mother/The Queen of Hearts), Bennet Gartside (Father/The King of Hearts), Steven McRae (Magician/The Mad Hatter), Nicol Edmonds (Rajah/The Caterpillar), Gary Avis (The Duchess)
Music: Joby Talbot
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Designs: Bob Crowley
Duration: approx. 2h50 incl. two intervals
Ballet in three acts (2011)
Encore screenings! At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole, events become curiouser and curiouser…As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures. She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts. Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream?
Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland burst onto the stage in 2011 in an explosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. Joby Talbot’s score combines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century. Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything from puppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real. The result shows The Royal Ballet at its best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment and ingenious music and design.
Screening Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 April 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 21 April 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Opera De Paris Mozart's Don Giovanni
Conductor: Finnegan Downie Dear
Orchestra: Orchestre de lOpra national de Paris
Cast: Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni), Slvka Zmecnkov (Donna Anna), Amitai Pati (Don Ottavio), Kwanchul Youn (Il Commendatore), Jacquelyn Stucker (Donna Elvira), Joshua Bloom (Leporello), Vartan Gabrielian (Masetto), Ilanah Lobel-Torres (Zerlina)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Director: Louisa Proske
Set Design: Christof Hetzer
Duration: approx. 3h20 incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Opera in two acts (1787)
New Production! Who is Don Juan, known in Mozarts opera as Don Giovanni? The question remains unanswered, for this figure sometimes a great lord and wicked man, sometimes a seducer or a predator resists definition. In his opera with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart leaves the characters contradictions unresolved, forging the myth through expressive power and depth. The story follows the unrepentant nobleman, sung by baritone Peter Mattei, whose pursuit of pleasure ensnares servants, aristocrats and lovers with fatal consequences. From the overture and the catalogue aria to the climactic dinner with the Commendatore, this dramma giocoso leaves no one unmoved. For her Paris debut, Louisa Proske sets the action in a grand hotel, where social structures can be transgressed and fantasies surface.
Screening Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 April 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 28 April 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Teatro Di San Carlo: Verdi’s Luisa Miller
Conductor: Daniel Oren
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Cast: Mariangela Sicilia (Luisa), Piotr Beczała (Rodolfo), Igor Golovatenko (Miller), Michele Pertusi (Walter), Marko Mimica (Wurm), Martina Belli (Federica)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Director: David Livermore
Set Design: TBA
Duration: approx. 2h45 incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Opera in two acts (1787)
New Production! Who is Don Juan, known in Mozarts opera as Don Giovanni? The question remains unanswered, for this figure sometimes a great lord and wicked man, sometimes a seducer or a predator resists definition. In his opera with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart leaves the characters contradictions unresolved, forging the myth through expressive power and depth. The story follows the unrepentant nobleman, sung by baritone Peter Mattei, whose pursuit of pleasure ensnares servants, aristocrats and lovers with fatal consequences. From the overture and the catalogue aria to the climactic dinner with the Commendatore, this dramma giocoso leaves no one unmoved. For her Paris debut, Louisa Proske sets the action in a grand hotel, where social structures can be transgressed and fantasies surface.
Screening Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 May 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 12 May 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Ballet Petipa's Swan Lake
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Cast: The Royal Ballet
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov, with additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton
Designs: John Macfarlane
Duration: approx. 3h25 incl. two intervals
Ballet in two acts (1895)
Princess Odette is bound by a curse, turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. The spell can only be broken by a pledge of eternal love. When she meets Prince Siegfried, he is immediately enamoured by her fragile beauty and pledges to free her. But freedom is not promised for Odette as Von Rothbart conspires to thwart the lovers’ plans.
Liam Scarlett’s production for The Royal Ballet brings together Tchaikovsky’s towering score and John Macfarlane’s picturesque designs to create an enduring ballet spectacle of love, treachery and forgiveness.
Screening Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 May 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 19 May 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Opera Puccini's Tosca
Conductor: Daniel Oren
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: Aleksandra Kurzak (Floria Tosca), Saimir Pirgu (Mario Cavaradossi), Christopher Maltman (Baron Scarpia), Aled Hall (Spoletta), Paweł Horodyski (Cesare Angelotti), Jonathan Lemalu (Sacristan), Sam Hird (Sciarrone)
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Director: Oliver Mears
Set Design: Simon Lima Holdsworth
Duration: approx. 3h15 incl. two intervals
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
Opera in three acts (1900)
Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates, in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?
Oliver Mears’s acclaimed production returns, setting Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome. Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia.
Screening Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 June 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 9 June 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Royal Ballet MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: Fumi Kaneko (Juliet), Vadim Muntagirov (Romeo), Francisco Serrano (Mercutio), Ryoichi Hirano (Tybalt), Giacomo Rovero (Benvolio), Lukas B. Brændsrød (Paris), Lord Capulet (Bennet Gartside), Lady Capulet (Cristina Arestis)
Music: Sergey Prokofiev
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Designs: Nicholas Georgiadis
Duration: approx. 2h50 incl. two intervals
Ballet in three acts (1965)
Encore screenings! The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck. The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married. The stakes are raised for the young couple when Romeo avenges the death of his friend Mercutio who has been killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. For this, Romeo is exiled from Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry another suitor. In order to be together, Romeo and Juliet must risk it all.
Screening Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 June 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 23 June 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Opera De Paris Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Conductor: Finnegan Downie Dear
Orchestra: Orchestre de lOpra national de Paris
Cast: Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni), Slvka Zmecnkov (Donna Anna), Amitai Pati (Don Ottavio), Kwanchul Youn (Il Commendatore), Jacquelyn Stucker (Donna Elvira), Joshua Bloom (Leporello), Vartan Gabrielian (Masetto), Ilanah Lobel-Torres (Zerlina)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Director: Louisa Proske
Set Design: Christof Hetzer
Duration: approx. 3h20 incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Opera in two acts (1787)
New Production! Who is Don Juan, known in Mozarts opera as Don Giovanni? The question remains unanswered, for this figure sometimes a great lord and wicked man, sometimes a seducer or a predator resists definition. In his opera with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart leaves the characters contradictions unresolved, forging the myth through expressive power and depth. The story follows the unrepentant nobleman, sung by baritone Peter Mattei, whose pursuit of pleasure ensnares servants, aristocrats and lovers with fatal consequences. From the overture and the catalogue aria to the climactic dinner with the Commendatore, this dramma giocoso leaves no one unmoved. For her Paris debut, Louisa Proske sets the action in a grand hotel, where social structures can be transgressed and fantasies surface.
Screening Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 July 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 7 July 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
La Scala Ballet Coralli/Perrot's Giselle
Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast: La Scala Ballet
Music: Adolphe Adam
Choreography: Jules Coralli and Jules Perrot, revived by Yvette Chauvir
Designs and costumes: Aleksandr Benois
Duration: approx. 2h5 incl. an interval
Ballet in two acts (1841)
A story of love, betrayal and redemption, set between joyful village celebrations and the white throng of merciless wilis, Giselle, the quintessential Romantic ballet, continues to move audiences with its delicate story and the contrast between a sunlit world and a dark realm of spirits. The La Scala Ballet revives the unforgettable Coralli-Perrot choreography in Yvette Chauvirs refined version, first premiered at the theatre in 1950 with her as the ill-fated young peasant girl who dreamed of love and lived to dance. With Aleksandr Benoiss classic designs, Giselle remains a cornerstone of La Scalas history, performed by its artists around the world and infused with new life and emotion in each revival.
Screening Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 July 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 21 July 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
Opera Di Roma Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro dellOpera di Roma
Cast: Lawrence Brownlee (Tom Rakewell), Simone Alberghini (Trulove), Rosalia Cid (Anne, his daughter), Daniela Barcellona (Baba the Turk), Alex Esposito (Nick Shadow), Jennifer Larmore (Mother Goose), Ya-Chung Huang (Sellem)
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Director: Rafael R. Villalobos
Set Design: Pablo Chaves Maza
Duration: approx. 3h10 incl. an interval
Sung in English
Opera in three acts and an epilogue (1951)
New Production! Acclaimed director Rafael R. Villalobos and conductor Michele Mariotti bring Stravinskys darkly comic opera to Rome for its first new staging in almost sixty years, with a distinguished cast. Bored Tom Rakewell (Lawrence Brownlee) abandons his devoted Anne Trulove (Rosalia Cid) after the enigmatic Nick Shadow (Alex Esposito) promises him a life of pleasure in London. As this shadowy figure leads him from fortune and fame to a grotesque marriage of convenience with Baba the Turk (Daniela Barcellona), Tom hurtles through surreal misadventures, his soul hanging in the balance. Stravinskys neoclassical fable, set to a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, traces the rakes fall into moral ruin with wit and lyrical poise, ending in a shattering final reckoning.
Screening Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 28 July 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
La Scala The Force of Destiny
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast: Lo Muscato (stage director), Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Silvia Aymonino (costume designer), Federica Parolini (set designer), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Brian Jagde (tenor), Ludovic Tzier (baritone), Roberto Bolle (ballet dancer), Alberto Malazzi (chorus master)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Director: Anissa Bonnefont
Duration: 1h32
In Italian and English, with English subtitles.
Special Presentation! Anissa Bonnefonts atmospheric documentary, following 900 artists, staff and technicians at La Scala over three months as they race to stage a new production of Verdis La forza del destino for the theatres traditional 7 December Opening Night gala. Milan and Italy holds its breath. Inside La Scalas creative hive, stage director Leo Muscato readies his vision with the design teams as the chorus and orchestra rehearse under maestro Riccardo Chailly and theatre staff prepare the 250-year-old venue. Anticipation builds with the arrival of the star international cast among them Anna Netrebko and Ludovic Tzier while backstage tension mounts as opening night approaches: will they be ready when the curtain rises?
Screening Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 August 2027 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 11 August 2027 at 12pm
Adults: $28.00, Concessions: $22.00
