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Photos: First Look at Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & Joyce DiDonato in THE HOURS at The Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera is presenting the world-premiere staging of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts's The Hours, November 22-December 15.

By: Nov. 22, 2022
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The Metropolitan Opera is presenting the world-premiere staging of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts's The Hours, November 22-December 15. Adapted from Michael Cunningham's acclaimed novel, this exciting co-commission by the Met marks the highly anticipated return of soprano Renée Fleming, starring alongside actress and singer Kelli O'Hara and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as the opera's trio of heroines-Clarissa Vaughan, Laura Brown, and Virginia Woolf.

Get a first look at photos below!

With Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium for this production by Phelim McDermott, the cast also features mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves as Sally, Clarissa's partner; soprano Kathleen Kim as Barbara and Mrs. Latch; soprano Sylvia D'Eramo as Kitty and Vanessa; countertenor John Holiday as the Man Under the Arch and the Hotel Clerk; bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen as Richard, Clarissa's best friend who is dying from AIDS; tenor William Burden as Louis, Richard's ex-boyfriend; tenor Sean Panikkar as Leonard Woolf, Virginia Woolf's husband; and bass-baritone Brandon Cedel as Dan Brown, Laura Brown's husband.

Inspired by Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, Cunningham's novel was adapted into an Oscar-winning film version starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman. The powerful story takes place in a single day and concerns three women from different eras-Virginia Woolf (DiDonato) in London in 1923, as she struggles to write her masterpiece Mrs. Dalloway; Los Angeles housewife Laura Brown (O'Hara), in 1949, who yearns for an escape from her loving family at the same time as she prepares for her husband's birthday; and, in 1999, editor Clarissa Vaughan (Fleming), a New Yorker haunted by the past as she plans a party to celebrate her closest friend in his final hours.

In addition to McDermott, who received wide acclaim for his staging of Philip Glass's Akhnaten, the creative team includes set and costume director Tom Pye, lighting designer Bruno Poet, projection designer Finn Ross, choreographer Annie-B Parson in her Met debut, and dramaturg Paul Cremo.

Following opening night on November 22, seven additional performances run through December 15. Kensho Watanabe conducts the December 15 performance of The Hours.

Photo credit: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera

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Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato

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Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato

Photos: First Look at Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & Joyce DiDonato in THE HOURS at The Metropolitan Opera  Image
Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato

Photos: First Look at Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & Joyce DiDonato in THE HOURS at The Metropolitan Opera  Image
Renée Fleming

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Kelli O'Hara

Photos: First Look at Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & Joyce DiDonato in THE HOURS at The Metropolitan Opera  Image
Kathleen Kim, Renée Fleming and Sean Panikkar (far right)

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Kelli O'Hara and Kai Edgar

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Joyce DiDonato

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Renée Fleming

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Joyce DiDonato

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Joyce DiDonato

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Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming and Denyce Graves

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William Burden, Renée Fleming and Kyle Ketelsen

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Renée Fleming

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Kelli O'Hara

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Sean Panikkar and Joyce DiDonato

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Kelli O'Hara, Joyce DiDonato





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