The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

6.3
20152h 28m

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.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

Thumbnail for video: The Merry Widow: "Hello, Here's a Soldier Bold" (Fleming, Gunn)

The Merry Widow: "Hello, Here's a Soldier Bold" (Fleming, Gunn)

Thumbnail for video: The Merry Widow: "If a Girl's Admiring You" (Fleming, Gunn)

The Merry Widow: "If a Girl's Admiring You" (Fleming, Gunn)

Thumbnail for video: The Merry Widow: Act II Finale

The Merry Widow: Act II Finale

Thumbnail for video: The Merry Widow: "We're the Ladies of the Chorus"

The Merry Widow: "We're the Ladies of the Chorus"

Thumbnail for video: The Merry Widow: "Who Can Tell What the Hell Women Are"

The Merry Widow: "Who Can Tell What the Hell Women Are"

Thumbnail for video: The Merry Widow in Rehearsal

The Merry Widow in Rehearsal

Thumbnail for video: The Merry Widow: 2014–15 New Production

The Merry Widow: 2014–15 New Production

Cast

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Renée Fleming

Hanna Glawari

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Kelli O'Hara

Valencienne

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Thomas Allen

Baron Mirko Zeta

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