The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning 2026 -2027 series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts exclusively at select Ster-Kinekor and Cinema Nouveau cinemas.
Screenings @ V & A Waterfront IMAX, Blue Route IMAX, Cresta, Brooklyn Commercial, Garden Route, Maerua & Somerset
SAMSON ET DALILA – 13 & 15 DECEMBER, 2026
Saint‑Saëns’s Samson et Dalila will be the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD transmission.
The revival showcases the Met’s grand‑scale production—renowned for its monumental choral scenes and lush French Romantic orchestration—with Aigul Akhmetshina as Dalila and Clay Hilley as Samson, conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti.
The staging by Darko Tresnjak returns with its striking visual design by Alexander Dodge and costumes by Linda Cho, bringing to life the biblical drama set in ancient Gaza and the Valley of Sorek. The opera’s sweeping score, celebrated for its sensuality and dramatic power, will be transmitted live to cinemas worldwide as part of the Met’s award‑winning HD series.
Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece of French grand opera is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, transmitted live to cinemas worldwide. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theatres across the globe. SYNOPSIS / READ MORE
