The world-premiere staging of Kevin Puts’s The Hours, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel, which also served as the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film, arrives in cinemas this December. In her highly anticipated return to the Met, soprano Renée Fleming joins soprano Kelli O’Hara and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato to portray three women from different eras who grapple with their inner demons and their roles in society. Phelim McDermott, who recently created the Met’s acclaimed production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, directs this compelling drama, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Puts’s powerful score.
"The divas steal the show ... Fleming’s vocal freshness remains a marvel ... Cinematic and beautiful."
- THE TIMES (UK)
"In The Hours, Prima Donnas and Emotions Soar ... Achingly—pretty, relentlessly stirring ... Surging, strings-forward lyricism."
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Musical freshness and venerable traditions in a fine and moving music drama ... You couldn’t ask for a lusher trio than Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, and Kelli O’Hara"
- NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"A Woolf pack of divas at the Met ... Juicy roles for three women ... Lushly pretty score ... McDermott’s production eloquently capitalized on the opera’s dreaminess and overlap of worlds."
- WALL STREET JOURNAL
Saturday 28th January
195 min
CTC
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kelli O'Hara, Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Sean Panikkar, William Burden, Kyle Ketelsen, Brandon Cedel
Alternative Content
The Astor Theatre, The Chauvel Cinema, Palace James St
