Silent Night

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Opera Orlando presents the Orlando premiere of Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's Pulitzer Prize winning Silent Night, a cinematic retelling of the 1914 Christmas Truce during World War I. Based on the acclaimed screenplay Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion, this masterpiece captures a miraculous moment when Scottish, French and German soldiers laid down their arms and negotiated a Christmas Eve truce. Led by Grammy Award winner Gabriel Preisser and internationally acclaimed soprano Julia Radosz with Bob Wood conducting the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. This powerful work underscores the yearning, despair, and hope of the soldiers living in the trenches.