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Renée Fleming

Hannah Glawari

Susan Graham

Kelli O'Hara

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Andriana Chuchman

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Nathan Gunn

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Rod Gilfry

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Alek Shrader

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Thomas Allen

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Gary Simpson

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Margaret Lattimore

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Jeff Mattsey

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Mark Schowalter

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Daniel Mobbs

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Andrew Davis

Fabio Luisi

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Susan Stroman

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William Ivey Long

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Paule Constable

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Die lustige Witwe -  (The Merry Widow)

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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.

The Merry Widow, operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
Libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, after 'L'attache d'embassy' by Henri Meilhac
First performance in Vienna, Theater an der Wien, December 30, 1905

Recording: January 17, 2015 - Metropolitan Opera New York
Director: Gary Halvorson
Duration: 02:17

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