0559 Ensemble in the Minnesota Opera production of Silent Night music by Kevin Puts libretto by Mark Campbell based on the screenplay by Christian Carion for the motion picture Joyeux Noël Creative Team: conductor - Michael Christie stage director and dramaturg - Eric Simonson set designer - Francis O'Connor costume designer - Kärin Kopischke lighting designer - Marcus Dilliard projection designer - Andrzej Goulding The Cast: THE GERMAN SIDE Nikolaus Sprink, an opera singer - William Burden Anna Sørensen, his lover - Karin Wolverton Lieutenant Horstmayer - Craig Irvin Kronprinz, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II - A. J. Glueckert THE SCOTTISH SIDE Jonathan Dale - John Robert Lindsey William Dale, his brother - Michael Nyby Father Palmer - Troy Cook Lieutenant Gordon - Gabriel Preisser The British Major - Joseph Beutel THE FRENCH SIDE Lieutenant Audebert - Liam Bonner Ponchel, his aide-de-camp - Andrew Wilkowske The General - Ben Wager Madeleine, Lt. Audebert's wife - Angela Mortellaro German, Scottish and French soldiers 2011 © Michal Daniel