[Met Performance] CID:332426

Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production

The Merry Widow
Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, February 17, 2000

Debut : Mel Ulrich, Beverly O'Regan Thiele, Lori Alexander, Stephanie Ann Sheppard, Heather McFadden, Karina Michaels, Tara Schoch, Erin Swanson, Wolfgang Göbbel


In English



The Merry Widow (1)
Franz Lehár | Viktor Léon/Leo Stein
Hanna Glawari
Frederica von Stade

Valencienne
Emily Pulley

Count Danilovitch
Plácido Domingo

Camille de Rosillon
Paul Groves

Baron Zeta
John Del Carlo

Vicomte Cascada
Mel Ulrich [Debut]

Raoul de St. Brioche
Mark Schowalter

Njegus
Anthony Laciura

Sylviane
Beverly O'Regan Thiele [Debut]

Olga
Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis

Praskowia
Jane Shaulis

Kromow
James Courtney

Bogdanovitch
Dennis Petersen

Pritschitsch
Thomas Hammons

Woman
Constance Green

Lolo
Lori Alexander [Debut]

Dodo
Stephanie Ann Sheppard [Debut]

Jou-Jou
Heather McFadden [Debut]

Frou-Frou
Karina Michaels [Debut]

Clo-Clo
Tara Schoch [Debut]

Margot
Erin Swanson [Debut]


Conductor
Andrew Davis


Production
Tim Albery

Designer
Antony McDonald

Lighting Designer
Wolfgang Göbbel [Debut]

Choreographer
Philippe Giraudeau

Translation
Martin Crimp

Composer
Franz Lehár

Franz Lehár



The Merry Widow received nine performances this season.
After Njegus' aria in Act III, Domingo interpolated "Why should any man have qualms"
("Gern habich die frau'n geküsst") from Lehár's "Paganini."

FUNDING:
The production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Robertson, Jr.
Additional funding by the Estate of Anna Case Mackay; Bill Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick in memory of Jacqueline Foster

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