Film

The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

2015 · 2h 28m · Music

IMDb

8.0

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.

Renée Fleming

Hanna Glawari

Kelli O'Hara

Valencienne

Alek Shrader

Camille de Rosillon

Nathan Gunn

Danilo

Thomas Allen

Baron Mirko Zeta

MET Orchestra

• Susan StromanDirector
• Viktor LéonWriter
• Leo SteinWriter
• Franz LehárOriginal Music Composer

The Merry Widow: "Hello, Here's a Soldier Bold" (Fleming, Gunn)The Merry Widow: "If a Girl's Admiring You" (Fleming, Gunn)The Merry Widow: Act II FinaleThe Merry Widow: "We're the Ladies of the Chorus"The Merry Widow: "Who Can Tell What the Hell Women Are"

Release date

January 17, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 28m

Rated

NR

Genres

Music

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