[Met Performance] CID:355727

New Production

The Merry Widow
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, December 31, 2014
Broadcast

Debut : Kelli O'Hara, Carson Elrod, Gary Simpson, Synthia Link, Alison Mixon, Emily Pynenburg, Leah Hofmann, Jenny Laroche, Catherine Hamilton, Susan Stroman, William Ivey Long


In English



The Merry Widow (27)
Franz Lehár | Viktor Léon/Leo Stein
Hanna Glawari
Renée Fleming

Valencienne
Kelli O'Hara [Debut]

Count Danilovitch
Nathan Gunn

Camille de Rosillon
Alek Shrader

Baron Zeta
Thomas Allen

Vicomte Cascada
Jeff Mattsey

Raoul de St. Brioche
Alexander Lewis

Njegus
Carson Elrod [Debut]

Sylviane
Emalie Savoy

Olga
Wallis Giunta

Praskowia
Margaret Lattimore

Kromow
Daniel Mobbs

Bogdanovitch
Mark Schowalter

Pritschitsch
Gary Simpson [Debut]

Woman
Andrea Coleman

Lolo
Synthia Link [Debut]

Dodo
Alison Mixon [Debut]

Jou-Jou
Emily Pynenburg [Debut]

Frou-Frou
Leah Hofmann [Debut]

Clo-Clo
Jenny Laroche [Debut]

Margot
Catherine Hamilton [Debut]

Maitre D'
Jason Simon


Conductor
Andrew Davis


Production/Choreography
Susan Stroman [Debut]

Set Design
Julian Crouch

Costume Design
William Ivey Long [Debut]

Lighting Design
Paule Constable

Sound Design
Mark Grey

English Translation
Jeremy Sams





In Act 2 Renèe Fleming interpolates, Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden (Love, Live, Forever/Whenever, I'm lost or lonely) from Franz Lehár's Paganini.
Broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 74
Streamed at metopera.org
The Merry Widow received fourteen performances this season.

FUNDING:
The production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund

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