The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

Jan 17, 2015

2h 28m

★ 6.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Decca

The Metropolitan Opera

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Cast

Hanna Glawari

Renée Fleming

Valencienne

Kelli O'Hara

Camille de Rosillon

Alek Shrader

Danilo

Nathan Gunn

Baron Mirko Zeta

Thomas Allen

MET Orchestra

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