NZ release date: 17/07/2025

Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

CONDUCTOR: Joana Mallwitz

PRODUCTION: Richard Eyre

SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER: Rob Howell

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Duane Schuler

CHOREOGRAPHER: Sara Erde

CAST: Federica Lombardi, Olga Kulchynska, Marianne Crebassa,Elizabeth Bishop, Joshua Hopkins, Michael Sumuel, Maurizio Muraro

SHOWING AT THESE
NZ CINEMAS:

Cathay Cinemas, Kerikeri
Matakana Cinemas, Matakana
Bridgeway, Auckland
Monterey Cinemas Howick, Auckland
Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, Auckland
Luxe Cinemas, Tauranga
Event Cinemas, Palmerston North
The Screening Room, Masterton
Light House Cinema, Wellington
Penthouse Cinema, Wellington
Event Cinemas, Blenheim
The Gecko, Motueka
Regent, Greymouth
Town Hall Cinemas, Rangiora
Academy Gold Cinema, Christchurch
Lumiere Cinemas, Christchurch
Dorothy Browns, Arrowtown
Central Cinema, Alexandra
Rialto Cinemas, Dunedin