‘Specimen Days’ Is Both an Ode to Walt Whitman and Its Own Portrait of America
Michael Cunningham’s 2005 novel jumps between centuries and genres as it explores the yearning for transcendence and the importance of noticing.
Posted inCunningham, Michael DiDonato, Joyce Fleming, Renee Gelb, Peter McDermott, Phelim Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick O'Hara, Kelli Opera Parson, Annie B Philadelphia Orchestra Pierce, Greg Puts, Kevin The Hours (Opera)
‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film.
A new adaptation is having its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, featuring three star singers, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara.
Posted inBooks and Literature Cunningham, Michael Kate Guadagnino Mukherjee, Neel Specimen Days (Book)
We’re Reading Michael Cunningham’s ‘Specimen Days’ With the Author
Join us Dec. 8 for a virtual conversation on this novel about love, yearning, transcendence and America.