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The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow 2015 Directed by Susan Stroman

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Music
Production Companies The Metropolitan Opera , Decca
Release Date 17 January 2015
148 mins
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Renée Fleming Hanna Glawari
Kelli O'Hara Valencienne
Alek Shrader Camille de Rosillon
Nathan Gunn Danilo
Thomas Allen Baron Mirko Zeta
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