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MET OPERA: Silent night
Original Version English Sub.
Release date:
2027-03-20
180
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Synopsis
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 Villazón, conducted by `Maestro Dalia Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.
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