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The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

JAN 17, 2015 · 148 MIN · DIR. SUSAN STROMAN

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.

Cast

  • Thomas Allen

    Thomas Allen

    Baron Mirko Zeta

  • Kelli O'Hara

    Kelli O'Hara

    Valencienne

  • Nathan Gunn

    Nathan Gunn

    Graf Danilo Danilowitsch:

  • Renée Fleming

    Renée Fleming

    Hanna Glawari

  • Alek Shrader

    Camille de Rosillon

  • Jeffrey Mattsey

    Vicomte Cascada

  • Alexander Lewis

    Raoul de St. Brioche

  • Mark Schowalter

    Bogdanovitch

  • Emalie Savoy

    Sylviane

  • Daniel Mobbs

    Kromov

  • Wallis Giunta

    Olga

  • Margaret Lattimore

    Praskowia

Crew

Writer

Leo Stein

Writer

Viktor Léon

Original Music Composer

Franz Lehár

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