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The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

2015

6.3

Categories:

  • Music

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.

Susan Stroman

Director, Choreographer

Leo Stein

Writer

Viktor Léon

Writer

Cast:

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  • Renée Fleming

    Renée Fleming

    Hanna Glawari
  • Kelli O'Hara

    Kelli O'Hara

    Valencienne
  • Alek Shrader

    Alek Shrader

    Camille de Rosillon
  • Nathan Gunn

    Nathan Gunn

    Danilo
  • Thomas Allen

    Thomas Allen

    Baron Mirko Zeta
  • MET Orchestra

    MET Orchestra