The Merry Widow (2001)

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

Bo Skovhus
as Count Danilo

Angelika Kirchschlager
as Valencienne

Gregory Turay
as Count de Rosillon

Erich Kunzel
as Conductor

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Lotfi Mansouri
Director

Leo Stein
Writer

Gary Halvorson
Director

Franz Lehár
Compositor

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