The Atlanta Opera: Silent Night
3:00 pm - 5:30pm
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
Chamber/Instrumental, Choral/Vocal
$40-270
Silent Night
Silent Night
November 2026
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Composer: Kevin Puts
Librettist: Mark Campbell
Premiere Performance: November 12, 2011—Minnesota Opera
Silent Night is the powerful, true account of the spontaneous Christmas truce between French, British, and German soldiers during World War I. Based on the film “Joyeux Noël,” the story takes place on Christmas Eve, the opposing forces lay down their weapons, come together around a makeshift tree to sing carols, and play soccer matches. The soldiers’ peaceful actions are reprimanded by their commanders, but cast a lasting light on the goodness of humanity in the face of war.
Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun will direct, and Principal Conductor Iván López Reynoso will conduct. Zvulun previously directed the debut of this co-production (with the Wexford Festival Opera and Glimmerglass Opera) at the esteemed Wexford Festival Opera to critical acclaim, winning the Audience Choice Award and Best Opera Award at the Irish Times Theatre Awards. The original production won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2012.
Based on the screenplay for Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion for the motion picture produced by Nord-Ouest Productions.
By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., sole agent for o/b/o G. Ricordi & Co., Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Silent Night is a co-production of The Atlanta Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Opera Carolina.
This production of Silent Night is an original production of Wexford Festival Opera in partnership with The Atlanta Opera, and The Glimmerglass Opera.
Silent Night originally commissioned by Minnesota Opera | A Minnesota Opera New Works Initiative Commission.
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Date + Times
Sung in English, French, German, and Italian with English supertitles.
FORTE FRIDAYS
for young professionals ages 21-45
FRIDAY, NOV 13, 2026 @ 7:30 pm
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approximately 2 hours and 31 minutes
Questions about the performance? Contact us at info@atlantaopera.org
Cast + Creative
Cast
Anna Sørensen
Nikolaus Sprink
Lt. Audebert
Lt. Horstmayer
Lt. Gordon
Jonathan Dale
Kronprinz
Father Palmer
William Dale
Ponchel
British Major
French General
Madeline Audebert
Studio Artist
Creative
Conductor
Production Director
Associate Director
Scenic & Projection Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Wig & Makeup Designer
Assistant Conductor
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Studio Artist
Chorus Master
Creators
Kevin Puts
Composer
Pulitzer Prize and Grammy®-winning composer Kevin Puts has established himself as one of America’s leading composers, gaining international acclaim for his “plush, propulsive” music (The New York Times), and described by Opera News as “a master polystylist.” He has been commissioned and performed by leading organizations around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Opera Philadelphia, Minnesota Opera, and many more, and has collaborated with world-class artists such as Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and Marin Alsop, among others.
Mark Campbell
Librettist
The Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winning operas of librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell are among the most successful in the contemporary canon. A prolific writer, Mark has created 40 opera librettos, lyrics for seven musicals, and the text for nine song cycles and four oratorios. Mark’s best-known opera is Silent Night, which received a Pulitzer Prize in Music and, along with his opera As One, is one of the most frequently produced operas in recent history. The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, an audience favorite, received a 2018 GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording. Mark’s other successful works include The Shining, Sanctuary Road, Stonewall, Later the Same Evening, The Nefarious, Immoral but Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr. Burke & Mr. Hare, The Manchurian Candidate, Approaching Ali, The Secret River, A Letter to East 11th Street, Dinner at Eight, Volpone, Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World, Stone Soup, and Bastianello/Lucrezia. His musicals include Songs from an Unmade Bed, The Audience and Splendora. He has also created a new adaptation of Stravinsky/Ramuz’s The Soldier’s Story.
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Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy
Atlanta,
