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The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

2015-01-17
6.3
en 148m
Music
Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta, set in Paris and seen in a glittering production directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Susan Stroman. Nathan Gunn is Danilo, Hanna’s former flame, who is supposed to woo and marry her in order to keep her fortune in their home country of Pontevedro. Kelli O’Hara sings Valencienne, the flirtatious young wife of the Pontevedrian ambassador in Paris, Baron Zeta, played by Thomas Allen, and Alek Shrader is her suitor, Camille. Andrew Davis conducts the waltz-rich score, and the new English translation is by Jeremy Sams.

Original Story

Henri Meilhac

Writer

Leo Stein

Conductor

Andrew Davis

Writer

Viktor Léon

Original Music Composer

Franz Lehár

Director

Susan Stroman

operetta

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Decca
  • The Metropolitan Opera

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