Performance Details

The Hours An Opera in Two Acts

Based on the book by Michael Cunningham and the Paramount Pictures film

Music by Kevin Puts

Libretto by Greg Pierce

Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The Hours, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham and an award-winning film, chronicles a day in the life of three women from three different eras with interwoven stories connected to Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway.

Though separated through time by nearly 80 years, Virginia Woolf, Laura Brown, and Clarissa Vaughan (a modern-day Mrs. Dalloway herself) struggle with the notion of living their lives for someone else. Grammy winner and Tony nominee Renée Fleming will sing the role of Clarissa, with Tony winner Kelli O'Hara (currently appearing on HBO's The Gilded Age) as Laura, and Jennifer Johnson Cano as Virginia Woolf.

This spring, Yannick and the Orchestra, joined by a brilliant cast, bring this compelling story to life on the Verizon Hall stage.

• Renée Fleming, Soprano (Clarissa Vaughan)
• Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mezzo-soprano (Virginia Woolf)
• Kelli O’Hara, Soprano (Laura Brown)
• Brett Polegato, Baritone (Richard, Clarissa’s best friend)
• Jamez McCorkle, Tenor (Leonard, Virginia’s husband)
• Deborah Nansteel, Mezzo-soprano (Sally, Clarissa’s partner)
• Brandon Cedel, Bass-baritone (Dan, Laura’s husband)
• William Burden, Tenor (Louis, Richard’s ex-boyfriend)
• Sylvia D’Eramo, Soprano (Kitty, Laura’s neighbor/Vanessa, Virginia’s sister)
• Raven McMillon, Soprano (Barbara, a florist/Mrs. Latch, Richie’s babysitter)
• Richard Troxell, Tenor (Walter, a novelist/Michael, a novelist)
• Chuanyuan Liu, Countertenor (Man Under the Arch/Hotel Clerk)
• Jonah Serotta, Boy Soprano (Richie, Laura and Dan’s son)
• Chelsea Laggan, Mezzo-soprano (Nelly, the Woolf’s cook/Heather, Sally’s ex-girlfriend)
• Thomas FitzGerald, Boy Soprano (Julian, Vanessa’s oldest child)
• Elliet Brown, Boy Soprano (Quentin, Vanessa’s middle child) (Friday only)
• Devan Truax, Boy Soprano (Quentin, Vanessa’s middle child) (Sunday only)
• Sarah Shoff, Soprano (Angelica, Vanessa’s youngest child) (Friday only)

• Sydney Parson, Soprano (Angelica, Vanessa’s youngest child) (Sunday only)

  Philadelphia Symphonic Choir

  Joe Miller Director

Paula Suozzi Stage Director

Michael Panayos Supertitles

Paul Cremo Dramaturg

Puts The Hours (concert version—world premiere)