The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
7.9
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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Thomas Allen
Baron Mirko Zeta
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Kelli O'Hara
Valencienne
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Nathan Gunn
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch:
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Daniel Mobbs
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Susan Stroman Director · Leo Stein Writer Viktor Léon Writer
United States release January 17, 2015 · Produced in United States · Production The Metropolitan Opera
Production
Decca
Production
The Metropolitan Opera
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · January 17, 2015
Limited theatrical
United States · January 17, 2015
Limited theatrical · Live in HD
United States
July 13, 2022 · Limited theatrical · The Met: Live in HD Summer Encore Release
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