Organization

Singer

Soprano

Ursula Pfitzner

Hannah Glawari

Baritone

Ben Connor

Count Danilo Danilowitsch

Sebastian Reinthaller

Baron Mirko Zeta

Julia Koci

Valencienne

Tenor

David Sitka

Camille of Rosillon

Spoken

Georg Wacks

Njegus

Heinz Fitzka

Kromow

Daniel Strasser

Bogdanovitch

Klaudia Nagy

Sylviane

Christian Drescher

Ralph of Saint-Brioche

Michael Havlicek

Viscount Cascada

Mezzo-soprano

Heike Dörfler

Olga

Gernot Kranner

Pritschitsch

Sulie Girardi

Praskowia

Stage director

Marco Arturo Marelli

Conductor

Alfred Eschwé

Costume designer

Dagmar Niefind-Marelli

Set designer

Choreographer

Renato Zanella

Volksoper Wien

German

Die lustige Witwe -  (The Merry Widow)

Vienna

Austria

Volksoper

Die lustige Witwe Lehár

Public

The Merry Widow

English

Approved

At the end of 1905, "The Merry Widow" celebrated its world premiere in the Theater an der Wien and thus began its triumphal procession around the world: performances in Hamburg and Berlin, in London and on Broadway soon followed. "The Merry Widow" is one of the most performed operettas ever.

Hanna and Danilo became role models for the great Hollywood lovers, as they were excitingly new: Hanna Glawari as a modern woman, equipped with a cheeky mouth and a directness that in no way contradicts her elegance and cosmopolitanism; Danilo as a bon vivant who, after losing his great love, spends his days in Maxim without any prospects or tasks. Their game of luring and pushing away almost robs the two proud stubborn people of their good luck a second time.

“The Merry Widow” was first shown at the Volksoper on May 16, 1906 as a guest performance by the Theater an der Wien, and it has been a fixed part of the repertoire since 1953.

The Merry Widow by Lehár, From (2021/2021), Directed by Marco Arturo Marelli,, Conductor Alfred Eschwé, Volksoper, Vienna, Austria

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