Pulitzer Winner

Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's astounding Pulitzer Prize-winning opera comes to Atlanta Opera in a production directed by Tomer Zvulun and conducted by Ivan Lopez Reynoso. Adapted from the screenplay of the 2005 movie Joyeux Noel and based on a true story, Silent Night is about the shared thread of humanity found 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. Moving and profound, this modern classic shines a light on those who fought and brings the true cost of war into the foreground.

What is the Story?

This award winning opera 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.