The BSO will give the area premiere of Puts' Symphony No. 4 in June, conducted by music director Marin Alsop, a longtime advocate for the composer.
Puts called the Minnesota Opera premiere of "Silent Night" a "pinnacle for me. It is a very supportive, nurturing company," he said. "And this was such an exciting venture that it made me want to do more of this."
The feeling is mutual. Plans are under way to commission another premiere from Puts in Minnesota.
"And we started talking even before the Pulitzer," Johnson said. "I can't announce it yet, but it will be a very different piece, a fast-paced thriller based on a very famous story."
The other finalists for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in music were Tod Machover for "Death and the Powers" and Andrew Norman for "The Companion Guide to Rome."
Puts said that "Silent Night" represents "my best work to date, and in many ways I see opera as a genre which truly feels like home."
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