Artist:
Joyce DiDonato
Renée Fleming
Kelli O'Hara
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
02:22:48
Record Label:
Erato
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music
Release Date
April 26, 2024
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Joyce DiDonato
Renée Fleming
Kelli O'Hara
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
02:22:48
Record Label:
Erato
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music
Release Date
April 26, 2024
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: Premiered at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2022 - with Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Kelli O'Hara as it's stars - Kevin Puts's The Hours was praised by The New York Times as "sincere and persuasive... fervent... and soaringly lyrical". The opera returns to the Met's schedule in May 2024. Based on both the award-winning 2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry and the original novel by Michael Cunningham, The Hours interweaves characters and events from three different periods of the 20th century. Joyce DiDonato, who takes the pivotal role of writer Virginia Woolf, says that: "Even though it deals with death head-on, the piece is life-affirming and tells a timeless story. The characters' struggles are shared universally, and by highlighting them through the different personalities and periods, hopefully everybody can find a part of themselves in the story." This audio recording showcases the opera The Hours, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts, which played to sold-out audiences at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City during it's world-premiere staged production last season. Featuring a libretto by Greg Pierce, adapted from Michael Cunningham's acclaimed novel and inspired by Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, the powerful story concerns three women from different eras who each grapple with their inner demons and roles in society. Joyce DiDonato (interpreting the role of Virginia Woolf) is joined by Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan and Kelli O'Hara as Laura Brown, among others in this superstar cast, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Séguin.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
The Hours, Act 1: Prologue. "Flowers... Flowers" (Chorus) [Live]
Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus
(02:21)
2 . The Hours, Act 1: "Platters! - What’s That, Babe?" (Clarissa, Sally, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Denyce Graves, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Renée Fleming (03:48)
3 . The Hours, Act 1: "She Pauses at Its Threshold…" (Chorus, Clarissa, Man Under the Arch, Walter, Virginia) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. John Holiday, Joyce D onato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & Tony Stevenson (05:33)
4 . The Hours, Act 1: "Go Slowly. Ignore Your Novel" (Virginia, Clarissa, Chorus, Leonard) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (02:07)
5 . The Hours, Act 1: "There's the Scowl" (Virginia, Leonard, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Sean Panikkar (05:18)
6 . The Hours, Act 1: "Clarissa! - Barbara!" (Barbara, Clarissa, Chorus, Virginia, Leonard) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Kathleen Kim, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (04:42)
7 . The Hours, Act 1: "Richmond… She Opens the Curtains" (Virginia, Chorus, Man Under the Arch) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. John Holiday, Joyce D onato & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (06:34)
8 . The Hours, Act 1: "Missus Dalloway Said She Would Buy the Flowers Herself" (Laura, Virginia, Chorus, Dan, Richie) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Brandon Cedel, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (05:51)
9 . The Hours, Act 1: "Oh Dan. Roses? On Your Birthday?" (Laura, Dan, Richie, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Brandon Cedel, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (05:40)
10 . The Hours, Act 1: "You Know What We’re Going to Do?" (Laura, Virginia, Richie, Clarissa) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara & Renée Fleming (04:57)
11 . The Hours, Act 1: "Here on This Corner" (Clarissa) [Live] Renée Fleming (05:01)
12 . The Hours, Act 1: "Good Morning, My Love!" (Clarissa, Richard, Angelica, Quentin, Julian) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Atticus Ware, Kyle Ketelsen, Lena Josephine Marano, Patrick Scott M ermott & Renée Fleming (10:43)
13 . The Hours, Act 1: "We Need Four Cups" (Laura, Richie, Chorus, Nelly, Virginia) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Eve Gigliotti, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (07:18)
14 . The Hours, Act 1: "Oh! A Reminder, Ma’am, Your Sister's Coming at Two" (Nelly, Virginia, Richie, Laura, Kitty, Chorus, Angelica, Quentin, Julian, Man Under the Arch) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Atticus Ware, Eve Gigliotti, John Holiday, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Lena Josephine Marano, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Patrick Scott M ermott & Sylvia D'Eramo (07:38)
15 . The Hours, Act 1: "...’Cause I’m Going to Die" (Chorus, Clarissa, Sally) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Denyce Graves, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Renée Fleming (04:51)
16 . The Hours, Act 2: "Heaven? Somebody Else’s Heaven?" (Chorus, Laura, Hotel Clerk) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. John Holiday, Kelli O'Hara & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (06:41)
17 . The Hours, Act 2: id It Matter Then, She Asked Herself" (Laura, Virginia) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato & Kelli O'Hara (06:37)
18 . The Hours, Act 2: "It's Happened - I Thought I’d Be Overjoyed, Richard!" (Leonard, Clarissa, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (01:56)
19 . The Hours, Act 2: "Louis? - Clarissa. Caught Me Smoking" (Clarissa, Louis, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & William Burden (07:32)
20 . The Hours, Act 2: "Ent(ha)da oikeîs en te ge" (Chorus, Angelica, Quentin, Julian, Virginia, Vanessa, Laura) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Atticus Ware, Joyce D onato, Kelli O'Hara, Lena Josephine Marano, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Patrick Scott M ermott & Sylvia D'Eramo (06:54)
21 . The Hours, Act 2: "Richard! Get Down from There" (Clarissa, Richard) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Kyle Ketelsen & Renée Fleming (07:37)
22 . The Hours, Act 2: "For Alone You Are Holy…" (Chorus, Man Under the Arch) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. John Holiday & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (02:14)
23 . The Hours, Act 2: "Mm... ’Stead of Jousting You’d Rather…" (Mrs. Latch, Richie, Laura, Clarissa, Virginia, Leonard, Nelly) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Eve Gigliotti, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kathleen Kim, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (06:25)
24 . The Hours, Act 2: "Happy My Birthday!" an, Richie, Walter, Sally, Louis, Clarissa, Virginia, Leonard, Laura) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Brandon Cedel, Denyce Graves, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar, Tony Stevenson & William Burden (05:49)
25 . The Hours, Act 2: "This Is My Partner, Sally" (Clarissa, Sally, Laura, Dan, Leonard) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Brandon Cedel, Denyce Graves, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (02:51)
26 .The Hours, Act 2: "All Along?" (Clarissa, Laura, Virginia) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Kelli O'Hara & Renée Fleming (05:59)
2 . The Hours, Act 1: "Platters! - What’s That, Babe?" (Clarissa, Sally, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Denyce Graves, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Renée Fleming (03:48)
3 . The Hours, Act 1: "She Pauses at Its Threshold…" (Chorus, Clarissa, Man Under the Arch, Walter, Virginia) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. John Holiday, Joyce D onato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & Tony Stevenson (05:33)
4 . The Hours, Act 1: "Go Slowly. Ignore Your Novel" (Virginia, Clarissa, Chorus, Leonard) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (02:07)
5 . The Hours, Act 1: "There's the Scowl" (Virginia, Leonard, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Sean Panikkar (05:18)
6 . The Hours, Act 1: "Clarissa! - Barbara!" (Barbara, Clarissa, Chorus, Virginia, Leonard) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Kathleen Kim, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (04:42)
7 . The Hours, Act 1: "Richmond… She Opens the Curtains" (Virginia, Chorus, Man Under the Arch) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. John Holiday, Joyce D onato & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (06:34)
8 . The Hours, Act 1: "Missus Dalloway Said She Would Buy the Flowers Herself" (Laura, Virginia, Chorus, Dan, Richie) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Brandon Cedel, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (05:51)
9 . The Hours, Act 1: "Oh Dan. Roses? On Your Birthday?" (Laura, Dan, Richie, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Brandon Cedel, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (05:40)
10 . The Hours, Act 1: "You Know What We’re Going to Do?" (Laura, Virginia, Richie, Clarissa) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara & Renée Fleming (04:57)
11 . The Hours, Act 1: "Here on This Corner" (Clarissa) [Live] Renée Fleming (05:01)
12 . The Hours, Act 1: "Good Morning, My Love!" (Clarissa, Richard, Angelica, Quentin, Julian) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Atticus Ware, Kyle Ketelsen, Lena Josephine Marano, Patrick Scott M ermott & Renée Fleming (10:43)
13 . The Hours, Act 1: "We Need Four Cups" (Laura, Richie, Chorus, Nelly, Virginia) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Eve Gigliotti, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (07:18)
14 . The Hours, Act 1: "Oh! A Reminder, Ma’am, Your Sister's Coming at Two" (Nelly, Virginia, Richie, Laura, Kitty, Chorus, Angelica, Quentin, Julian, Man Under the Arch) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Atticus Ware, Eve Gigliotti, John Holiday, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Lena Josephine Marano, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Patrick Scott M ermott & Sylvia D'Eramo (07:38)
15 . The Hours, Act 1: "...’Cause I’m Going to Die" (Chorus, Clarissa, Sally) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Denyce Graves, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Renée Fleming (04:51)
16 . The Hours, Act 2: "Heaven? Somebody Else’s Heaven?" (Chorus, Laura, Hotel Clerk) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. John Holiday, Kelli O'Hara & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (06:41)
17 . The Hours, Act 2: id It Matter Then, She Asked Herself" (Laura, Virginia) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato & Kelli O'Hara (06:37)
18 . The Hours, Act 2: "It's Happened - I Thought I’d Be Overjoyed, Richard!" (Leonard, Clarissa, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (01:56)
19 . The Hours, Act 2: "Louis? - Clarissa. Caught Me Smoking" (Clarissa, Louis, Chorus) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Renée Fleming & William Burden (07:32)
20 . The Hours, Act 2: "Ent(ha)da oikeîs en te ge" (Chorus, Angelica, Quentin, Julian, Virginia, Vanessa, Laura) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Atticus Ware, Joyce D onato, Kelli O'Hara, Lena Josephine Marano, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Patrick Scott M ermott & Sylvia D'Eramo (06:54)
21 . The Hours, Act 2: "Richard! Get Down from There" (Clarissa, Richard) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Kyle Ketelsen & Renée Fleming (07:37)
22 . The Hours, Act 2: "For Alone You Are Holy…" (Chorus, Man Under the Arch) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. John Holiday & Metropolitan Opera Chorus (02:14)
23 . The Hours, Act 2: "Mm... ’Stead of Jousting You’d Rather…" (Mrs. Latch, Richie, Laura, Clarissa, Virginia, Leonard, Nelly) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Eve Gigliotti, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kathleen Kim, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (06:25)
24 . The Hours, Act 2: "Happy My Birthday!" an, Richie, Walter, Sally, Louis, Clarissa, Virginia, Leonard, Laura) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Brandon Cedel, Denyce Graves, Joyce D onato, Kai Edgar, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar, Tony Stevenson & William Burden (05:49)
25 . The Hours, Act 2: "This Is My Partner, Sally" (Clarissa, Sally, Laura, Dan, Leonard) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Brandon Cedel, Denyce Graves, Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & Sean Panikkar (02:51)
26 .The Hours, Act 2: "All Along?" (Clarissa, Laura, Virginia) [Live] Yannick Nézet-Séguin feat. Joyce D onato, Kelli O'Hara & Renée Fleming (05:59)
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