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.

Cast

Thomas Allen

Baron Mirko Zeta

Kelli O'Hara

Valencienne

Nathan Gunn

Graf Danilo Danilowitsch:

Renée Fleming

Hanna Glawari

Alek Shrader

Camille de Rosillon

Jeffrey Mattsey

Vicomte Cascada

Alexander Lewis

Raoul de St. Brioche

Mark Schowalter

Bogdanovitch

Emalie Savoy

Sylviane

Daniel Mobbs

Kromov

Wallis Giunta

Olga

Margaret Lattimore

Praskowia