Kevin Puts' acclaimed opera The Hours returns to the Metropolitan Opera only a season after its sold-out world premiere production. The originating cast featuring sopranos Renée Fleming and Kelli O'Hara and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reprise their celebrated portrayals of three women from different eras whose lives are connected through Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway. Bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen also returns as the dying author Richard, and Kensho Watanabe conducts Phelim McDermott’s gripping staging of this heart-wrenching drama, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel and the Oscar-winning film it inspired.

The Hours opens May 5 and runs on select dates through May 31. For tickets and further information, visit the Metropolitan Opera's website.