Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the
Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas
truce. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s
grand, cinematic opera—with a libretto in English, French, and German by Mark Campbell—
has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive
experience” by The Guardian. The evocative staging by James Robinson takes the audience
directly to the battlefields of the Western Front with a star-studded cast, featuring soprano
Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazon, conducted by Maestro Dalia
Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.
| Saturday 20 Mar 2027 | | 18:00 |
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