“An opera adaptation of The Hours is in the works, with … Renée Fleming … tapped to sing the role of Clarissa (as played by Meryl Streep in the 2002 movie based on the Michael Cunningham novel), with Tony winner and Metropolitan Opera alum Kelli O’Hara as Laura, and Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf,” writes Ryan McPhee in Thursday’s (7/30) Playbill.com. “The work hails from Pulitzer-winning composer Kevin Puts (Silent Night) as a co-commission from the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, with the former currently slated to present the staged premiere in 2022. A representative for the Met confirms Philim McDermott will direct, with Met and Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. Among the Met’s additional in-the-works commissions with the Philadelphia Orchestra is a Mason Bates-composed adaptation of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. The companies’ partnership, announced in 2018, would potentially allow the new works to premiere in concert in Philadelphia before arriving on the Met stage. The Met is also attached to an opera version of the play Grounded composed by Jeanine Tesori and Lincoln in the Bardo from composer Missy Mazzoli.”
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