A cinema will screen a performance of an opera captured live from the waters of Sydney Harbour.

Cineworld Bolton, Eagley Brook Way, will show Madama Butterfly, set on a floating stage and against the backdrop of Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge.

It will be screened on Thursday, September 18, and will be the only Opera Australia production screened in cinemas this season.

For more information about the screening, visit cinemalive.com.

It will feature a Japanese bamboo forest and giant sun and moon, both 12 metres wide, which rise from the water to hang above the stage.