The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 17, 2015
• Runtime
• 148 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Susan Stroman

The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow — Cast

Thomas Allen Baron Mirko Zeta Kelli O'Hara Valencienne Nathan Gunn Graf Danilo Danilowitsch: Renée Fleming Hanna Glawari

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Alek Shrader Camille de Rosillon

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Jeffrey Mattsey Vicomte Cascada

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Alexander Lewis Raoul de St. Brioche Mark Schowalter Bogdanovitch