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NT LIVE: Macbeth

'As with all of Bruce’s productions, this Macbeth is overwhelmingly strong visually' - The Gaurdian

Canaletto and the Art of Venice

The remarkable group of over 200 paintings, drawings and prints on display offer unparalleled insight into the artistry of Canaletto and his contemporaries, and the city he became a master at capturing. The film also offers the chance to step inside two official royal residences – Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle – to learn more about the artist, and Joseph Smith, the man who introduced Canaletto to Britain.

RSC: Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare’s most famous story of love at first sight explodes with intense passion in this contemporary production with heartbreaking consequences.

THE MET OPERA: Turandot

Puccini’s final opera is an epic fairy tale set in a China of legend, loosely based on a play by 18th-century Italian dramatist Carlo Gozzi.

Cezanne - Portraits of a Life

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN is thrilled to present one of the most talked about exhibitions of the year. Dedicated to the portrait work of Paul Cézanne, the exhibition opens in Paris before travelling to London and Washington.

NT Live: Julie

Starring The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby, this new version of August Strinberg’s play Miss Julie, written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London.

RSC: The Merry Wives of Windsor

The only way is Windsor in this new production of Shakespeare's merry comedy.

La Boheme On Sydney Harbour

Feel the magic of snow falling on Sydney Harbour as Puccini's music takes you to a wintry Christmas Eve in Paris. In the snow-kissed city of light, six friends taste love, laughter and the first pangs of loss.

THE MET OPERA: Aida

This grandest of grand operas features an epic backdrop for what is in essence an intimate love story.

Klimt & Schiele – Eros and Psyche

A documentary on the beginning of a new era, the Secession, revealing human, artistic and historical angles

The Australian Ballet's The Merry Widow

“This sumptuous soufflé of a ballet is possibly one of the best The Australian Ballet has produced.” – The Australian

NT Live: King Lear

‘Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.’ - Daily Telegraph

THE MET OPERA: Samson et Dalila

When mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and tenor Roberto Alagna joined forces for a new production of Carmen at the Met, the results were electrifying. Now this star duo reunites for another sensual French opera when they open the season in the title roles of Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic Samson et Dalila.

THE MET OPERA: La Fanciulla Del West

This drama is set during the California Gold Rush, and the girl of the title is one of Puccini’s most appealing heroines—a strong, independent woman determined to win the man she loves.

NT Live: The Madness of George III

Starring Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (Upstairs Downstairs, After the Dance).

THE MET OPERA: Marnie

Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. 

THE MET OPERA: La Traviata

Following the larger-scale dramas of Rigoletto and Il Trovatore, its intimate scope and subject matter inspired the composer to create some of his most profound and heartfelt music.

THE MET OPERA: Adriana Lecouvreur

The death of French actress Adrienne Lecouvreur inspired many plays and operas, of which Francesco Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur is the finest and most enduring.

THE MET OPERA: Carmen

Bizet’s masterpiece of the gypsy seductress who lives by her own rules has had an impact far beyond the opera house.

THE MET OPERA: La Fille Du Regiment

This frothy comedy mixes humor with a rush of buoyant melody and notorious vocal challenges.

THE MET OPERA: Die Walküre

Die Walküre is the second of the four operas that comprise Wagner’s Ring cycle, a story of monsters, gods, and humans on a superhuman scale.