“Wonderful” is a word that Clarissa Vaughan says a lot, even though her close friend Richard tells her it is one he has never put in one of his poems. 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. Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara take over here for, respectively, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore in the 2002 film version based on the 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham.
‘The Hours’ Opera Review: Michael Cunningham’s Three Tall Women Now Sing
The wonderful Virginia Woolf triptych brings together Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato
