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The Royal Opera’s The Dante Project broadcast live in cinemas this May


The Dante Project

The Royal Opera’s The Dante Project will be broadcast live in cinemas on Thursday 28 May with an encore screening on Sunday 31 May.

Dante’s Divine Comedy is an epic journey through the afterlife: it encompasses the horrifying drama of Inferno and its damned, the lyrical mysticism of pilgrims on mount Purgatorio and the dazzling spheres of Paradiso with their endless configurations of light.

The poem was inspired by the agony of Dante’s own exile, and traces his path from crisis to revelation guided by his literary hero Virgil and his lost love Beatrice. In his new work, The Royal Ballet’s trailblazing Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor creates a world premiere in collaboration with an award-winning team – contemporary conductor-composer Thomas Adès, artist Tacita Dean, lighting designer Lucy Carter and dramaturg Uzma Hameed – to bring us closer to Dante and his extraordinary vision.

©2018 ROH.

©2018 ROH.


The 2020 Royal Opera House Cinema Season is as follows:

  • The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty

    • Live Thursday 16 January 2020, encore on Sunday 19 January 2020

  • The Royal Opera’s La bohème (co-production with Teatro Real, Madrid, and Lyric Opera of Chicago)

    • Live Wednesday 29 January 2020, encore on Sunday 2 February 2020

  • The Royal Ballet’s The Cellist (world premiere)/Dances at a Gathering

    • Live Tuesday 25 February 2020, encore on Sunday 1 March 2020

  • The Royal Opera’s Fidelio (new production)

    • Live Tuesday 17 March 2020, encore on Sunday 22 March 2020

  • The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake

    • Live Wednesday 1 April 2020, encore on Sunday 5 April 2020

  • The Royal Opera’s Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (co-production with La Monnaie, Brussels, Opera Australia and Göteborg Opera)

    • Live Tuesday 21 April 2020, encore on Sunday 26 April 2020

  • The Royal Ballet’s The Dante Project (world premiere)

    • Live Thursday 28 May 2020, encore on Sunday 31 May 2020

  • The Royal Opera’s Elektra (new production)

    • Live Thursday 18 June 2020, encore on Sunday 21 June 2020


About the Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season

The Royal Opera House celebrates 11 years of live cinema broadcasts in 2019, leading the way in delivering world-class opera and ballet around the world. In the 2020 Cinema Season, our broadcasts will reach more than 1,600 cinemas in more than 53 countries worldwide.

The Royal Opera House has seen huge growth in the influence of independent cinemas in the UK, now collectively accounting for almost half of our network. In addition to being shown in 600 UK cinemas, our productions regularly broadcast to over 1,000 cinemas internationally through our partnership with Trafalgar Releasing.

Audiences are also able to access a vast array of live-streamed and on-demand content via the Royal Opera House’s official YouTube channel, which is the most subscribed YouTube channel of any arts organisation in the world.


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