The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow (2015)
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.
Director: Susan Stroman
http://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/opera/?upc=811357017746
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Thomas Allen as Baron Mirko Zeta |
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Kelli O'Hara as Valencienne |
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Nathan Gunn as Graf Danilo Danilowitsch: |
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Renée Fleming as Hanna Glawari |
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Alek Shrader as Camille de Rosillon |
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Jeffrey Mattsey as Vicomte Cascada |
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Alexander Lewis as Raoul de St. Brioche |
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Mark Schowalter as Bogdanovitch |
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Emalie Savoy as Sylviane |
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Daniel Mobbs as Kromov |
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Wallis Giunta as Olga |
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Margaret Lattimore as Praskowia |
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MET Orchestra as |
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Andrew Davis as Self - Conductor |
| Writing | Leo Stein | Writer |
| Writing | Henri Meilhac | Original Story |
| Sound | Andrew Davis | Conductor |
| Writing | Viktor Léon | Writer |
| Sound | Franz Lehár | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Susan Stroman | Director |
| Lighting | Paule Constable | Lighting Design |
| Art | Julian Crouch | Set Designer |
| Crew | Susan Stroman | Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Ivey Long | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Susan Stroman | Stage Director |
