The Hours NYC Reviews and Tickets

80%

(4 Reviews)

Positive

75%

Mixed

25%

Negative

Members say

Great singing, Ambitious, Intense, Must see, Absorbing

About the Show

A modern opera adaptation of the classic 2002 film about three women finding themselves across eras.

Kevin Puts’ The Hours is adapted from Michael Cunningham’s celebrated novel of the same name, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, and later turned into a household name through its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation. The timeless story follows three women from different time periods who each wrestle with their inner saboteurs and their places in their respective society.

Renée Fleming makes her long awaited return to the Met in this world-premiere production, joined by Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato.

Member Reviews (4)

Great singing, Confusing, Ambitious

See it if You love modern experimental opera.

Don't see it if You have a short attention span, not an opera buff.

Star power, Lush music, High concept

See it if New opera thrillingly sung and intricately acted, beautifully designed, brilliantly conducted, appeals.

Don't see it if opera without arias, without applause breaks, without conventional narrative, & full of symbolism & literary references - is not your thing. Read more

Riveting, Must see, Intense, Great singing, Absorbing

See it if you enjoy stunning music performed by world-class artists. The visuals are also masterfully integrated throughout the story.

Don't see it if you are not a fan of opera or topics of depression and self-harm.

Quirky, Intense, Great singing, Ambitious

See it if you enjoy lovely singing and an interesting story in the wonderful atmosphere of the Met.

Don't see it if you can't see past mediocre sets and dancing, and a questionable libretto.

Critic Reviews (6)

"Every scene in the opera eventually gets to the same place musically and dramatically, whipped into soaring emotion. The tear-jerking gets tiring."
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" Far from being a spinoff of a spinoff, Kevin Puts’s The Hours mixes musical freshness and venerable traditions in a fine and moving music drama."
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"At the end of “The Hours,” you will find yourself energized by Puts’s splendid shape-shifting score, or the triple threat of its leads, or the richness of this multilayered narrative."
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" 'The Hours is by no means an evening of light entertainment...if you can make it to the end, you hear a remarkable trio, when the three women finally come together in a musical room of their own. Sorrow has never sounded more beautiful."
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"The new opera 'The Hours' is wonderful in the most old-fashioned kind of way. Not only has it been written for a diva, the show is about a diva – and in this case, three of them."
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"Phelim McDermott’s production is brilliant in how it takes the libretto’s structure, Puts’ musical interpretation, and then layers it with a similarly vast theatrical palette. ... You can add 'The Hours' to the list of must-see operas this season."
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