The Western Front: Christmas 1914. Out of the violence of World War I, a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man’s Land singing “Stille Nacht.” Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, and peace. An a cappella chorale, All Is Calm is a remarkable true story in the words and songs of the men who lived it.

All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914

St Paul's Episcopal Church in Steamboat Springs

The Devil finds work for the idlest of hands in Igor Stravinsky's neoclassical opera "The Rake's Progress." This 1951 masterpiece uses the glorious words of British-American poet W. H. Auden to tell the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who inherits a fortune and abandons his hometown sweetheart, Anne Trulove, for the big-city pleasures of life in London. Obsessed with the idea that he is destined for greatness and cheered on by his diabolical companion, Nick Shadow, Tom trades his soul in exchange for fame and influence. An eternity of torment waits for him…unless true love can somehow find a way?

Darius Taylor

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11 - 12 Dec, 2025

All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 · Opera Steamboat

22 - 24 Nov, 2024

The Rake's Progress · Opera Memphis

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Keeper in The Rake's Progress by Stravinsky

Opera Memphis

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