Pulitzer Winner

Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's astounding Pulitzer Prize-winning opera comes to the Metropolitan Opera in a new production by James Robinson. Based on a true story, Silent Night is about a shared thread of humanity in the midst of the horrors of the trenches of the First World War, when soldiers from opposing sides came together to mark Christmas Eve to sing songs, give eachother gifts, and stop the guns to share common groundfor just one night. Moving and profound, this modern classic shines a light on the men who fought and brings the true cost of war into the foreground.

What is the Story?

This award winning musical tells the true story of Christmas Eve in 1914, when a series of unofficial cease-fires on the Front Line saw British, French and German troops leaving their trenches to exchange seasonal greetings, sing together and even play a few games of soccer. An unprecedented event in the early months of World War I, it provided respite from the horrors around them and an insight into those on all sides for soldiers, and those at home.