The Hours Is May 18, 2024, Met Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast

Summary: The Hours is the May 18, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing as 24th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

American conductor and Peabody Conservatory orchestral conductor Marin Alsop and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Peabody Conservatory faculty artist Kevin Puts, whose works Maestro Alsop has conducted, overlap in May during Met Opera's 2023-2024 season, with the first revival of Puts's The Hours and Marin Alsop's Metropolitan Opera debut in Adams's El Niño; photo of Kevin Puts and Marin Alsop in George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkin University's Peabody Institute, Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood, northern Baltimore, by James Bartolomeo: Naxos, via Facebook Feb. 24, 2023

Puts's The Hours is the May 18, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 24th of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee opera broadcasts.

The Hours by American composer Kevin Matthew Puts (born Jan. 3, 1972) receives eight performances in the 2023-2024 season. The first two performances were held Sunday matinee, May 5, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. The third through eighth, closing performances are scheduled for Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee, May 18, at 1:00 p.m.; Tuesday, May 21, at 7:00 p.m.; Friday, May 24, at 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, May 28, at 7:00 p.m.; and Friday, May 31, at 7:00 p.m.

Kensho Watanabe conducts all eight performances. The Japanese-American conductor and violinist had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, in the opera company's eighth performance of The Hours by American composer Kevin Matthew Puts (born Jan. 3, 1972).

Renée Fleming appears in all eight performances as late 20th century, reminiscing Manhattanite Clarissa Vaughan for her first reprisal of the role. The American soprano had made her Met Opera debut Saturday, March 16, 1991, as the Countess in the opera company's 323rd performance of Le Nozze di Figaro by Classical Era composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791).

Joyce DiDonato appears in all eight performances as Richmond, England-born troubled author Virginia Woolf for her first reprisal of the role. The American lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005, in the trouser role of Cherubino in the opera company’s 419th performance of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro.

Kelli O'Hara makes her first reprisal in all eight performances as 1949 Los Angeles-based housewife and mother Laura Brown, who finds catharsis in reading Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. The Broadway and opera American soprano had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, as Valencienne in the opera company's New Year's Eve Gala and 27th performance of The Merry Widow by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (April 30, 1870-Oct. 24, 1948).

Kyle Ketelsen makes his first reprisal in all eight performances as Clarissa's best friend Richard, who is dying from AIDS. The American bass-baritone had made his Met Opera debut Saturday, April 22, 2006, as Angelotti in the opera company’s 874th performance of Tosca by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924).

Sean Panikkar appears in all eight performances as Virginia Woolf's husband, Leonard, for his first reprisal of the role. The Sri Lankan-American operatic tenor had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, as Edmondo in the opera company's 208th performance of Puccini's Manon Lescaut.

Brandon Cedel appears in all eight performances as Laura's husband, Dan Brown, for his first reprisal of the role. The American bass-baritone had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, as a Watchman in the opera company's 60th performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten by German composer Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864-Sep. 8, 1949).

William Burden makes his first reprisal in all eight performances as AIDS-afflicted Richard's ex-boyfriend Louis. The American tenor had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996, as Janek in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of The Makropulos Case by Czech composer Leoš Janáček (July 3, 1854-Aug. 12, 1928).

The 2023-2024 season's eight performances of Puts's The Hours mark the first revival of Phelim McDermott's production that debuted in the 2022-2023 season. The English stage director (born Aug. 21, 1963) had made his Met Opera debut Friday, April 11, 2008, in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Satyagraha by American composer Philip Glass (born Jan. 31, 1937).

Phelim McDermott's production team for The Hours comprises Tom Pye, set and costume designer; Bruno Poet, lighting designer; Finn Ross, projection designer; Annie-B Parson, choreographer; Peter Relton, associate director; and Paul Cremo, dramaturg. British designer Tom Pye and Scottish designer Finn Ross had made their Met Opera debuts Monday, Sep. 23, 2013, in the opera company's 136th performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Onegin by Russian late Romantic era composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840-Nov. 6, 1893). British lighting designer Bruno Poet had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Akhnaten by American composer Philip Glass (born Jan. 31, 1937). American dramaturg Paul Cremo's first dramaturgy for Met Opera occurred Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, in the opera company's United States Premiere of Marnie by American contemporary classical music composer Nico Muhly (born Aug. 26, 1981).

Puccini's La Fanciulla del West broadcasts May 25 at 1:00 p.m. as the 25th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. The May 25 Saturday radio matinee replays Met Opera's Oct. 27, 2018, performance under the conductorship of Marco Armiliato.

Massenet's Cinderella broadcasts June 1 at 1:00 p.m. as the 26th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. The June 1 Saturday radio matinee replays Met Opera's New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2022, Cinderella performance under the conductorship of Emmanuel Villaume.

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice broadcasts June 8 at 1:00 p.m. as the 27th of 27 Saturday radio matinees. The 2023-2024 season's performances of Orfeo ed Euridice mark the fourth revival of the new 2006-2007 production debuted Wednesday, May 2, 2007, by American director, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris.

Kevin Puts's The Hours, which numbers as English stage director Phelim McDermott's fifth Met Opera production, receives its first revival in the 2023-2024 season; Sunday, Sep. 7, 2014, 17:18:43, image of Phelim McDermott by Michael Bednarek: CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons

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American conductor and Peabody Conservatory orchestral conductor Marin Alsop and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Peabody Conservatory faculty artist Kevin Puts, whose works Maestro Alsop has conducted, overlap in May during Met Opera's 2023-2024 season, with the first revival of Puts's The Hours and Marin Alsop's Metropolitan Opera debut in Adams's El Niño; photo of Kevin Puts and Marin Alsop in George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkin University's Peabody Institute, Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood, northern Baltimore, by James Bartolomeo: Naxos, via Facebook Feb. 24, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/Naxos/posts/pfbid02zcLYhLphupzpQTjhLABmqGdfPcHBH48pE787svQr3ok3LEcBqqUgLaTaPU4g1CD3l

Kevin Puts's The Hours, which numbers as English stage director Phelim McDermott's fifth Met Opera production, receives its first revival in the 2023-2024 season; Sunday, Sep. 7, 2014, 17:18:43, image of Phelim McDermott by Michael Bednarek: CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phelim_McDermott.JPG

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"Debut: Kelli O'Hara, Carson Elrod, Gary Simpson, Synthia Link, Alison Mixon, Emily Pynenburg, Leah Hofmann, Jenny Laroche, Catherine Hamilton, Susan Stroman, William Ivey Long." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355727 New Production The Merry Widow Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, December 31, 2014 Broadcast. Debut: Kelli O'Hara, Carson Elrod, Gary Simpson, Synthia Link, Alison Mixon, Emily Pynenburg, Leah Hofmann, Jenny Laroche, Catherine Hamilton, Susan Stroman, William Ivey Long. In English. The Merry Widow (27) Franz Lehár / Viktor Léon/Leo Stein.
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"Debut: Sean Panikkar." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352319 Manon Lescaut Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, January 29, 2008 Broadcast. Debut: Sean Panikkar. Manon Lescaut (208) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica / Giuseppe Giacosa / Marco Praga / Ruggero Leoncavallo.
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"Debuts: Deborah Warner, Fiona Shaw, Tom Pye, Chloe Obolensky, Ian William Galloway, Finn Ross." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355023 New Production Eugene Onegin {136} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/23/2013.Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 74 Broadcast live Streamed at metopera.org Plazacast/Times Squarecast. Opening Night {129} Peter Gelb, General Manager.
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"Debuts: Karen Kamensek, Zachary James, J'Nai Bridges, Lindsey Ohse, Chrystal E. Williams, Annie Rosen, Suzanne Hendrix, Oscar Rempe-Hiam, Bruno Poet, Sean Gandini." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357309 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Akhnaten {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/08/2019.
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Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=351338

"Debuts: Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, Kevin Pollard, Paule Constable, Leo Warner, Mark Grimmer, 59 Productions, Dante Anzolini, Ellie Dehn, Skills Ensemble." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352481 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Satyagraha {1} Broadcast ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 04/11/2008.
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"Debuts: Susan Stroman, William Ivey Long, Kelli O'Hara, Gary Simpson, Carson Elrod, Synthia Link, Alison Mixon, Emily Pynenburg, Leah Hofmann, Jenny Laroche, Catherine Hamilton." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355727 New Production The Merry Widow {27} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/31/2014. Broadcast/Streamed New Year's Eve Gala.
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Naxos. "The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, led by renowned conductor Marin Alsop, presents GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts, composer’s works with three world premiere recordings. The programme features 'The City' -- an exploration of many aspects of urban centers in America. The orchestra is joined by BSO’s principal oboist Katherine Needleman for 'Moonlight'. Percussionist Ji Su Jung -- the first solo percussionist to receive the Avery Fisher Career Grant -- is featured in Marimba Concerto. AVAILABLE NOW: https://naxos.lnk.to/8559926FA #NEWonNAXOS #AmericanClassics." Facebook. Feb. 24, 2023.
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"World Premiere: The Hours." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357754 World Premiere The Hours Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, November 22, 2022 Broadcast. The Hours (1) Kevin Puts / Greg Pierce.
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