SD Opera: All Is Calm - The Christmas Truce of 1914
San Diego Opera’s 2020-2021 season continues with a filmed presentation of All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and a singalong of holiday favorites led by San Diego Opera Chorus members in the Del Mar Fairgrounds Parking Lot. San Diego Opera Chorus members to open with a concert of holiday favorites including an audience sing-along drive-in film presentation recorded from 2018 San Diego Opera premiere . Prior to the screening of the film will be a live concert of holiday favorites starring members of the San Diego Opera Chorus including a singalong that patrons can enjoy from the comfort and safety of their own car.
This family-friendly a capella opera tells the story of the Christmas truce of 1914, when soldiers from France, the United Kingdom, and Germany ventured from their trenches into no-man’s land to share food and exchange gifts on or around the Christmas holiday. Most interactions ended with the singing of Christmas carols and fighting resumed the next day. Created by Theater Latté Da’s artistic director, Peter Rothstein, with musical arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach, All Is Calm is a retelling of firsthand accounts of this truce and uses Christmas carols, patriotic tunes, trench songs, and spoken text from the letters and diaries of soldiers. Told through the unparalleled medium of the human voice, All Is Calm explores the universal desire for humanity, peace, and comradery, and what we can achieve when we work together.
