Our annual holiday tradition continues, welcoming the extraordinary talents of Ekmeles to the Crypt to perform David Lang's indescribably powerful, Pulitzer-winning work The Little Match Girl Passion.

‍The previous two runs both sold out well in advance, and garnered awestruck acclaim from audiences and critics alike, with the performances praised as "magical" (OperaWire), "timeless" (BroadwayWorld), "deeply affecting" (Interludes), and – we love this – a "rare, impossibly cool experience that makes us think about the human condition during a time of year that often lets corporations take center stage" (Plays to See).

Lang's singular choral work tells one of the darkest, most deeply human stories of hope and suffering ever put to paper. Taking Hans Christian Andersen's bleak fairy tale about a poor girl freezing to death on New Year's Eve, and fusing it with Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Lang creates a wrenching expression of empathy, and a reminder that every life matters, and every act of kindness is an act of grace.