The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
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.
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.
- director
- Susan Stroman
- cast
- Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, Alek Shrader, Nathan Gunn
- genres
- runtime
- 2 hr 28 mins
people also liked
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Snowpiercer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Interstellar
Oppenheimer
Dune
The Happening
The Conjuring
The Fault in Our Stars
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
The Incredibles
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Call Me by Your Name
Arrival
Lady and the Tramp
My Neighbor Totoro
Ready Player One
Brave
It
Coco