Last Days is a 2022 English-language opera in one act, with music by Oliver Leith and libretto by Matt Copson.
The title and concept for the opera were taken from the 2005 film of the same name by Gus van Sant, which was a fictionalised account of the last days of Kurt Cobain.
Richard Morrison for The Times called it “unhinged, unearthly and occasionally sublime.” whilst Nick Kimberley for The Evening Standard described the piece as "exemplary" saying "almost nothing happens but always with an almost hallucinatory intensity.” In a 4-star review for The Guardian, Andrew Clements stated that there was limited characterisation in the "bleak" opera.
[2] In a 4-star review for the Financial Times, Richard Fairman stated that the score has "no hint of Nirvana about it" and that the opera "worms its way into one's mind".
[3] Last Days received its U.S premiere on 6 February 2024 in a one-night production at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.