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Nov 23, 2022 · “The Hours” — a new opera based on the 1998 novel and the 2002 film it inspired — features a redoubtable trio of prima donnas.
- Review: ‘The Hours’ Returns to the Met Opera With Its Stars
Musical surges are thick with nostalgia. The luscious vocal...
- Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met
PHILADELPHIA — Three women are left alone onstage. The...
- Review: ‘The Hours’ Returns to the Met Opera With Its Stars
Dec 1, 2022 · ‘The Hours,’ in Its Latest Adaptation, Is a Stunning Triumph for the Met: Opera Review. By Daniel D'Addario. Evan Zimmerman. There’s a moment in the second act of “ The Hours ,” the...
May 6, 2024 · Musical surges are thick with nostalgia. The luscious vocal lines revel in love, and understanding, of the human voice. But it’s easy to miss the score’s manifold beauties when the stage is full of...
Nov 23, 2022 · The Verdict Reviews: What Did Critics Think of The Hours at The Metropolitan Opera, Starring Kelli O'Hara? The Kevin Puts opera, also starring Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato, opened its world...
May 13, 2024 · In November 2022, OperaWire reviewed “The Hours” debut with great attention towards how the opera came to the Met, including Kevin Puts’s score, Greg Pierce’s libretto, and the undeniable beauty of the “sweeping vocal passages that draw from German romantics like Strauss and Wagner.”
Dec 5, 2022 · Bio-pic tropes aside, “The Hours” is a finely crafted, smartly paced opera, one that maintains and even deepens the intricate narrative structure it inherits from the novel and the film.
Mar 20, 2022 · PHILADELPHIA — Three women are left alone onstage. The orchestra is low as they begin to sing. Their voices (two soprano, one mezzo-soprano) gradually swell and intertwine in a radiant, aching trio...
