The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Silent Night

Kevin Puts’s opera dramatizes the 1914 Christmas truce as soldiers meet across opposing trenches.

Set during the First World War, the opera follows soldiers who lay down their arms on Christmas Eve and cross the trenches to meet. The Met lists the production for Live in HD. Dalia Stasevska conducts James Robinson’s staging. Named cast includes Elza van den Heever, Ben Bliss, Rolando Villazón, Ben Reisinger, Mattia Olivieri, Justin Austin, Ryan McKinny, Kyle Ketelsen and James Creswell. Completeness is not established.