Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Leo SteinWriter
- Viktor LéonWriter
- Franz LehárOriginal Music Composer
- Susan StromanDirector
Cast
- Thomas AllenBaron Mirko Zeta
- Kelli O'HaraValencienne
- Nathan GunnGraf Danilo Danilowitsch:
- Renée FlemingHanna Glawari
- Alek ShraderCamille de Rosillon
- Jeffrey MattseyVicomte Cascada
- Alexander LewisRaoul de St. Brioche
- Mark SchowalterBogdanovitch
- Emalie SavoySylviane
- Daniel MobbsKromov
- Wallis GiuntaOlga
- Margaret LattimorePraskowia
Stills
Themes
operettaopera live performancethe metropolitan opera