The Merry Widow

Zurich Opera House production of Franz Léhar's operetta, with Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, and Ute Gfrerer in lead roles. Baron Zeta is desperate that the fabulously wealthy widow Hanna Glavari marry a Pontevedrian man so that her fortune remains in the country. He attempts to match her and his handsome attaché, Danilo. It turns out that Danilo and Hanna had had a love affair in years past. Nevertheless, Danilo now refuses to love her because he doesn't want to appear like he is only interested in her money...

• Anton ReitzensteinDirector
• Viktor LéonWriter
• Franz LehárOriginal Music Composer
• Leo SteinWriter

• Dagmar SchellenbergerHanna Glawari
• Rodney GilfryCount Danilo Danilovitch
• Ute GfrererValencienne
• Rudolf A. HartmannBaron Mirko Zeta
• Herbert PrikopaNjegus
• Piotr BeczałaCamille, Count de Rosillon
• Gabriel BermúdezVicomte Cascada
• Guido GötzenBogdanowitsch
• Eva Maria KaufmannPraskowia
• Mary O'SullivanSylviane
• Thomas PützPritschitsch
• Carine SéchayeOlga