The Hours (opera)
2022 opera by Kevin Puts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Opera by Kevin Puts | |
Librettist | Greg Pierce |
Language | English |
Based on | The Hours (novel) by Michael Cunningham The Hours (film), written by David Hare and directed by Stephen Daldry |
Premiere | 22 November 2022 The Metropolitan Opera House, New York City |
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The opera was first performed on 18 March 2022 in a concert presentation at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia[1] and received its stage premiere on 22 November 2022 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.[2] The stage premiere was audio-streamed at the Met Opera website,[3] and the performance of 10 December was presented in movie theaters as a part of the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series.[4][5]