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1the content of "The Merry Widow" will never become outdated - the story of how a rich young widow conquers all the men in the district, and in the end chooses a heartthrob who diligently demonstrates indifference, as if taken from the gossip of 2019. The small duchy of Pontevedro is about to fly into the chimney - in order to save money in the treasury, representatives of the authorities are ready to do anything. The wealthy widow Ganna Glavari is a happy owner of 20 million, but if she marries a foreigner, write lost - the funds will float abroad. Meanwhile, men of all ages and classes immediately begin to fight for the heart (and wallet) of the beauties - the diplomats Viscount Cascade and Raul de Saint-Brioche, the ambassador himself is not averse to leaving his wife, and a large crowd of young beauties shaking bouquets is also dragged behind the Glavari. At the same time, the situation in the embassy is still the same - the wife of Ambassador Valencienne is playing shura-mura with the attaché Camille de Rocillon, persuading him to remove the annoying hubby. The teetotal secretary Njegush is trying to remain calm and calm in this madhouse. In another way - almost constant sleep - Count Danilo, the heartthrob and first secretary of the embassy, is saved from stress. It is he who accidentally stumbles upon Ganna, and the heart of the cheerful widow completely thaws Like any comedy to the general public, The Merry Widow is packed with incredible coincidences, revelations and confessions. All plot hooks are tied well and effectively, and in the finale the worthy will remain with love, money, and honor. And funny villains will be left with a nose. The female theme in the production of the Chelyabinsk Opera House is embroidered with a large thread: Ganna Glavari, performed by the lively, temperamental Natalia Bystrik, is a real iron lady in a cloud of lace and satin. And how else, if you are by nature fragile and laughable, and government vultures are targeting your condition? Women twist intrigues, thus deciding the fate of the whole duchy! So it was, is and will always be, say the viewer of the "Merry Widow". No matter how iron hand the stern husband holds the state, there is always the possibility that a little capricious lady is leading him by the elbow. Men, as usual, are divided into mercenary and noble ones: some need money, others in principle, out of pride they do not want to marry millions. So Count Danilo, having learned about the widow's inheritance, pretends that he is indifferent to her. And Ganna Glavari goes for a little trick ... The main advantage of the performance of the Chelyabinsk Opera House is its absolute correspondence to the genre. Laconic yet colorful decorations; luxurious suits and accessories, corresponding to the spirit of the described era. Fortunately, the director Alexander Lebedev very carefully treated both the libretto and the circumstances suggested by the author Franz Lehár. "The Merry Widow" visually resembles bright, juicy musical comedies of the fifties and seventies. The main thing in this performance is the festive atmosphere. Operetta has always been considered a folk genre, the purpose of which is to amuse the audience. "The Merry Widow" copes with this perfectly - if you forget that you are sitting in a red velvet bed, it seems that the air sparkles like bubbles from champagne, and outside the window - New Year's week, and the stage is like a movie screen enlarged by a lens. Wonderful, half-forgotten sensations. Well spent winter evening.
