The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

The story

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 & crew

Thomas AllenBaron Mirko Zeta

Kelli O'HaraValencienne

Nathan GunnGraf Danilo Danilowitsch:

Renée FlemingHanna Glawari

Alek Shrader

Alek ShraderCamille de Rosillon

Jeffrey Mattsey

Jeffrey MattseyVicomte Cascada

Alexander Lewis

Alexander LewisRaoul de St. Brioche

Mark SchowalterBogdanovitch

Emalie Savoy

Emalie SavoySylviane

Daniel Mobbs

Daniel MobbsKromov

Wallis Giunta

Wallis GiuntaOlga

Margaret Lattimore

Margaret LattimorePraskowia