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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 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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Genre:Music
Written By:Leo Stein, Viktor Léon
In Theaters:1/17/2015
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Runtime:148 minutes
Studio:Decca, The Metropolitan Opera
Cast
Susan Stroman
Director
Thomas Allen
Baron Mirko Zeta
Kelli O'Hara
Valencienne
Nathan Gunn
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch:
Renée Fleming
Hanna Glawari
Alek Shrader
Camille de Rosillon
Jeffrey Mattsey
Vicomte Cascada
Alexander Lewis
Raoul de St. Brioche
Mark Schowalter
Bogdanovitch
Emalie Savoy
Sylviane
Daniel Mobbs
Kromov
Wallis Giunta
Olga
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