Three superstar divas power opera 'The Hours' - coming to movie theaters everywhere.
Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, and Joyce DiDonato star in a new opera based on Michael Cunningham's book.
The new opera The Hours is based on a film directed by Stephen Daldry, which is based on a novel by Michael Cunningham, which is based on a book (Mrs. Dalloway) by Virginia Woolf.
But it captures the material in a brand-new way.
"I knew the book. I knew the film," said Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, . "I knew that what you can do on an opera stage, and through music and through harmony...that simultaneity...is something that works. I could imagine, you know, duets and trios that would eventually involve the three ladies who live in these different time periods in the 20th century, in different places. And that was compelling, just
