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The Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. The Hours is a 2022 opera in two acts with music by Kevin Puts and an English-language libretto by Greg Pierce, based on Michael Cunningham 's 1998 novel and its 2002 film adaptation, both with the same title. The opera was first performed on 18 March 2022 in a concert presentation at the Kimmel ...
- English
- 22 November 2022, The Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
- Greg Pierce
The Hours contains themes of suicide. If you or someone you know is considering self-harm or suicide, help is available from the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 or visiting 988lifeline.org. Based on the book by Michael Cunningham and the Paramount Pictures film. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and The Philadelphia Orchestra
Dec 1, 2022 · The Hours is a stunning triumph for the Met, featuring Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O'Hara as three women connected by Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway. The opera explores their inner lives, struggles and choices with subtlety, texture and power.
May 6, 2024 · By Oussama Zahr. May 6, 2024. The Hours. Kevin Puts’s “ The Hours ,” which had its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera last season and returned for its first revival on Sunday, is even ...
Nov 23, 2022 · Nov. 23, 2022. The Hours. “The Hours” — a new opera based on the 1998 novel and the 2002 film it inspired — features a redoubtable trio of prima donnas. And it was conceived as a vehicle ...
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.”. However, for this year’s revival review ...
The Hours. During the 2022–23 season, prominent American composer Kevin Puts made his Met debut when the company presented the world-premiere production of his fourth opera, The Hours. Adapted from Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel and the celebrated film that it inspired, the compelling new work focuses on a trio of women ...
