The MET Live in HD: Silent Night (Music by Kevin Puts)
Tickets: Adult: $32 Member/Senior: $25 Student/Child: $18 (Includes per ticket fees)
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Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prizewinning 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, Putss grand, cinematic operawith a libretto by Mark Campbell based on the film Joyeux Nolhas been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as an overwhelming emotive experience by The Guardian. 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 Villazn, among many others, is conducted by debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.
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 Villazn, among many others, is conducted by debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.
