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Starring Ren茅e Fleming, Kelli O'Hara and Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf in this hit opera whose world premiere production at the Met last season played to sold-out audiences. The gripping drama, adapted from Michael Cunningham鈥檚 acclaimed novel and the Oscar-winning film it inspired, centres on three women from different eras whose lives are connected through Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway.

Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.

Kevin Puts: The Hours
Clarissa Vaughan ..... Ren茅e Fleming (soprano)
Laura Brown ..... Kelli O鈥橦ara (soprano)
Virginia Woolf ..... Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Dan Brown ..... Brandon Cedel (bass-baritone)
Leonard Woolf ..... Sean Panikkar (tenor)
Richard .....Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone)
Louis ..... William Burden (tenor)
Man Under the Arch / Hotel Clerk ..... John Holiday (countertenor)
Barbara / Mrs. Latch ..... Kathleen Kim (soprano)
Kitty / Vanessa ..... Sylvia D'Eramo (soprano)
Sally ..... Denyce Graves (mezzo-soprano)
Nelly ..... Eve Gigliotti (mezzo-soprano)
Walter ..... Tony Stevenson (tenor)
Richie ..... Michael Hurst
Children ..... Henry Baker Schiff, Luka Zylik, Mitzi Solarino
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Kensho Watanabe

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