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<font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt">Following
his smash-hit company debut with </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"><i>The
Hours</i></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt">,
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 </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"><i>The
Guardian</i></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt">.
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.</font></font></font></p>OperaPT4H24MNot Rated2027-04-03USitElza van den Heever
Ben Bliss
Rolando Villazón
Ben Reisinger
Mattia Olivieri
Justin Austin
Ryan McKinny
Kyle Ketelsen
Dalia Stasevska
Mark Campbell
James Robinson
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