The Merry Widow
8.0
Lotfi Mansouri's spectacular last production as General Director of The San Francisco Opera with Yvonne Kenny making her debut in the title role, new dialogue specially commissioned from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Wendy Wasserstein and an original ballet to set the scene ‘Chez Maxime’ bringing fresh insight into Lehár's classic operetta. This production also features another world premiere, Njegus's song, ‘Quite Parisian’.
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Yvonne Kenny
Anna Glawari
Also in
Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto
The Fairy Queen
Bo Skovhus
Count Danilo
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Angelika Kirchschlager
Valencienne
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Giulio Cesare
Don Giovanni
Gregory Turay
Count de Rosillon
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Erich Kunzel
Conductor
Also in
Erich Kunzel: A Cincinnati Legacy
Gary Halvorson Director · Lotfi Mansouri Director Leo Stein Writer
First release April 11, 2001 · Produced in United States
Production
Opus Arte
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 11, 2001
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No release date listed for United States.
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