The Met: Live in HD 2026-27: Silent Night

<div>Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning first opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers spontaneously set aside the horrors of the First World War and crossed the trenches to mingle, exchange gifts, and sing carols with the enemy. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera—with a libretto by Mark Campbell based on the film Joyeux Noël—has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” by The Guardian.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Silent Night receives an evocative staging by James Robinson that takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front. The star-studded cast, featuring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, among many others, is conducted by debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska.&nbsp;</div>OperaPT3HE2027-04-24en
Dalia Stasevska
Elza van den Heever
Ben Bliss
Rolando Villazón
Ben Reisinger
Mattia Olivieri
Justin Austin
Ryan McKinny
Kyle Ketelsen
James Robinson
James Robinson
The Met: Live in HD 2026-27: Silent Night"The Met: Live in HD 2026-27: Silent Night"

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