EVENT CINEMA: David has vanquished the giant Goliath, but not everyone rejoices in his victory. Jealous of the young warrior, King Saul turns against him, descending into violent, destructive madness that forces his children to choose between loyalty and love, tearing both a family and a nation apart.

EVENT CINEMA: Live from Glyndebourne. A rare opportunity to see Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work – opera from the age of Hitchcock, with an atmospheric score and tense, psychological twists.

EVENT CINEMA: Tchaikovsky’s most ambitious opera contains some of his greatest music and is a powerful study of destructive obsession.

EVENT CINEMA: Richard Eyre’s beautiful production provides the perfect setting for Verdi’s opera about a courtesan who sacrifices all for love.

EVENT CINEMA: Christof Loy directs a starstudded cast of singers, including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tezier, in Verdi’s epic opera. Conducted by Antonio Pappano.

EVENT CINEMA: Experience the decadence and elegance of 1870s Paris in david McVicar’s spectacular production of Gounod’s best-loved opera.