Cast: Dalia Stasevska; Elza van den Heever (Anna Sørensen), Ben Bliss (Nikolaus Sprink), Rolando Villazón (Ponchel), Ben Reisinger (Jonathan Dale), Mattia Olivieri (Lt. Audebert), Justin Austin (Lt. Gordon), Ryan McKinny (Lt. Horstmayer), Kyle Ketelsen (Father Palmer)

James Robinson (Production); Mimi Lien (Set Designer), Catherine Zuber (Costume Designer), Lap Chi Chu (Lighting Designer), Seán Curran (Choreographer)

Synopsis: 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. 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 live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.