New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

Nov 7, 1990

2h 56m

★ 9.2

Overview

Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, a tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her: lawyer Fredrik Egerman and Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When Desirée's show travels through Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles.

Genres

Music

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

PBS

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music Trailers

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Cast

Desiree Armfeldt

Sally Ann Howes

Frederik Egerman

George Lee Andrews

Madame Armfeldt

Regina Resnik

Fredrika Armfeldt

Danielle Ferland

Petra

Susan Terry

Henrik Egerman

Kevin Anderson

Anne Egerman

Beverly Lambert

Countess Charlotte Malcolm

Maureen Moore

Count Carl-Magnus Malcom

Michael Maguire

Frid

David Comstock

Mr. Lindquist

Ron Baker

Mrs. Nordstrom

Lisa Saffer

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