Opera and ballet lovers will be able to enjoy the plays of the world-famous Royal Opera House in London again at Apollo Cinema at 3pm, family-friendly time, with live satellite repeats. This time around, popular works such as Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and Turandot will be performed.
BROADCASTS:
Offenbach: HOFFMAN’S TALES
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Cast: Juan Diego Flórez, Alex Esposito, Olga Pudova, Ermonela Jaho, Marina Costa-Jackson, Julie Boulianne
Director: Damiano Michieletto | Conductor: Antonello Manacorda
LIVE SATELLITE REPLAY: SUNDAY 19 JANUARY 2025, 15.00
Running time: 245 minutes, with two breaks
Sung in French, subtitled in English
Four women – four different love stories. The incomparable Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez is accompanied by a fantastic cast of opera singers in Offenbach’s dreamlike romantic opera.
SWAN LAKE
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Choreographed by Marius Petipa, after Lev Ivanov | Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Additional Choreographer: Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton
LIVE SATELLITE REPLAY: SUNDAY, 2 MARCH 2025, 15.00
Running time: 210 minutes, with two breaks
The classic ballet’s iconic story of love, betrayal and forgiveness.
ROMEO and JULIET
Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan | Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
LIVE SATELLITE REPLAY: SUNDAY, 23 MARCH 2025, 15.00
Running time: 210 minutes, with two breaks
The most powerful love story of all time – this time in ballet form. An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the city of Verona. In this tense atmosphere, tempers quickly flare, only to find both sides caught in the crossfire.
Puccini: TURANDOT
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Cast: Sondra Radvanovsky, SeokJong Baek, Gemma Summerfield, Adam Palka
Director: Andrei Șerban | Conductor: Raphael Payare
LIVE SATELLITE REPLAY: SUNDAY, 6 APRIL 2025, 15.00
Running time: 205 minutes, with two breaks
Sung in Italian, subtitled in English
Puccini’s captivating opera about a princess with a heart of stone and her mysterious suitor. The opera of love and revenge, including the well-known Nessun dorma aria, is brought to life in a dazzling production.
Wagner: THE VALKYRIES
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Starring Christopher Maltman, Elisabet Strid, Lise Davidsen, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Soloman Howard
Director: Barrie Kosky | Conductor: Antonio Pappano
LIVE SATELLITE REPLAY: SUNDAY, 18 MAY 2025, 15.00
Running time: 365 minutes (Time and break information later)
Sung in German, subtitled in English
Gods and mortals battle in the second part of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began in 2023 with The Treasure of the Rhine.
BROADWAY BALLETS (WHEELDON CHOREOGRAPHIES)
Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon
Composer: Joby Talbot | Joni Mitchell | Keaton Henson | George Gershwin
LIVE SATELLITE REPLAY: SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025, 15.00
Broadcast time: approx. 180 minutes (Details to follow)
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of composer theater in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works that showcase the remarkable choreographic diversity of Royal Ballet Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon.
