The Merry Widow (2001)
The Merry Widow
Lotfi Mansouri's spectacular last production as General Director of The San Francisco Opera with Yvonne Kenny making her debut in the title role, new dialogue specially commissioned from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Wendy Wasserstein and an original ballet to set the scene ‘Chez Maxime’ bringing fresh insight into Lehár's classic operetta. This production also features another world premiere, Njegus's song, ‘Quite Parisian’.
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Yvonne Kenny
as Anna Glawari
as Anna Glawari
Bo Skovhus
as Count Danilo
as Count Danilo
Angelika Kirchschlager
as Valencienne
as Valencienne
Gregory Turay
as Count de Rosillon
as Count de Rosillon
Erich Kunzel
as Conductor
as Conductor
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Gary Halvorson
Director
Director
Lotfi Mansouri
Director
Director
Franz Lehár
Compositor
Compositor
Leo Stein
Writer
Writer
