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.
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Renée Fleming
as Hanna Glawari
as Hanna Glawari
Kelli O'Hara
as Valencienne
as Valencienne
Alek Shrader
as Camille de Rosillon
as Camille de Rosillon
Nathan Gunn
as Danilo
as Danilo
Thomas Allen
as Baron Mirko Zeta
as Baron Mirko Zeta
MET Orchestra
as
as
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Henri Meilhac
Original Story
Original Story
Leo Stein
Writer
Writer
Andrew Davis
Conductor
Conductor
Viktor Léon
Writer
Writer
Franz Lehár
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Susan Stroman
Director
Director
Julian Crouch
Set Designer
Set Designer
William Ivey Long
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Paule Constable
Lighting Design
Lighting Design
Susan Stroman
Choreographer
Choreographer
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