The Met Live in HD: Silent Night (Kevin Puts / Libretto by Mark Campbell)

$20 / $18 members / $18 seniors & students / $5 children under 12

Approx. runtime: 3 hours with 1 intermission

Arrive early at 12:30pm for an exclusive, 15-minute preview presented by The Sembrich, featuring their staff and special guests.

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. 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.

With a libretto by Mark Campbell based on the film Joyeux Noël, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere. Silent Night receives an evocative staging by James Robinson that takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front. The cast features soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, among many others. Debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska conducts live from the Met to cinemas worldwide.

The Met: Live in HD is the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts. Simulcasts feature the full performance, along with backstage interviews and commentary.

The Hyde Collection is proud to be the regional provider of the 2026-27 The Met: Live in HD season. Pre-screening programming is provided in partnership with The Sembrich.