A scene from James Robinson's production of Kevin Puts's "Silent Night." Photo: Karen Almond / Houston Grand Opera

Arrive early at 12:30pm for an exclusive, 15-minute preview presented by The Sembrich, featuring our 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, when 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. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera—with a libretto by Mark Campbell based on the film Joyeux Noël—has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” by The Guardian. Silent Night receives an evocative staging by James Robinson that takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front.

Admission

$162 - Season Subscription
$20 - General Admission
$18 - Seniors & Students
$5 - Children 12 & Under

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

The star-studded cast, featuring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, among many others, is conducted by debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska 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. 

Approx. runtime: 3 hours with 1 intermission