Come along to see The Met Opera 2025-26 Season at EVENT Cinemas New Plymouth, Palmerston North and Blenheim!

ARABELLA | 26 & 29 Mar

Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to the Met stage in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Compelling soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen makes her role debut as Arabella, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Soprano Louise Alder makes her Met debut as her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet.

ANDREA CHÉNIER | 23 & 26 Apr

Giordano’s powerful tragedy stars Piotr Beczala as the poet Andrea Chénier, caught in the turmoil of the French Revolution. He reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Maddalena di Coigny, with Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard. Conducted by Daniele Rustioni, Nicolas Joël’s gripping production comes to cinemas as part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing world-class opera to the big screen.

PURITANI | 21 & 24 May

Set in 1650s England during the conflict between Puritans and Royalists, Elvira plans to marry her true love, Arturo. But when Arturo helps the imprisoned Queen Enrichetta escape, Elvira believes she has been betrayed and loses her sanity. As Arturo returns despite the danger and faces arrest, news of a political amnesty arrives, saving him and reuniting the lovers at last.

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