'It feels like something different': turning The Hours into an opera
The acclaimed book and Oscar-winning movie, about three women grappling with despair, is making an unusual leap to the stage in New York On Tuesday night the superstar soprano Renée Fleming will return after five years to the Metropolitan Opera for the world premiere of The Hours. As a packed auditorium of her adoring fans waits with bated breath, she will deploy her sumptuous voice with the portentous opening word:…