MET Encore: Silent Night

Silent Night (Music by Kevin Puts/Libretto by Mark Campbell)New Production - MET PremiereSaturday, April 10th 12:00pmFollowing his smash-hit company debut withThe 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 filmJoyeux Noël—has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” byThe Guardian.Silent Nightreceives 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.180 minutesTickets