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...
It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman’s fanciful production of Rossini’s drama, designed by Richard Hudson and with choreography by Graciela Daniele, provides the perfect setting for superstar Renée Fleming’s captivating performance of the title role.
Conspiracies and regattas form the backdrop to the fortunes of a young singer. Harassed by a heartless spy, she sacrifices everything to save the man she loves and the woman he prefers over her.
Bregenzs Tales of Hoffmann is different from everything you saw before. The New York Times praised the thoughtfulness and creativity of Stefan Herheims new production, devised by the director as a search for ones own self in a sparkling drag show.
Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy vocal and expressive demands of their roles.
La Rondine (The Swallow) is possibly the least performed of Giacomo Puccinis later operas, but is still just as much a masterwork as its more performed counterparts.
It truly is an historic performance. Domingo looking and singing like a god pouring out golden tones; Renato Bruson sounds, like the sublime Verdian Baritone that he was at that time; Nicolai Ghiaurov proves again that he was one of the greatest "Verdi Basses"; Mirella Freni shows that there was more to her than just being Mimi and Susannah-in fact I can remember reading that at the time of the premiere of this production that there were fist fights (not unusual in La Scala's gallery) between Mirella's many fans--between those fans that just wanting her to continue singing the light lyric repertoire that they were use to her singing and those that felt she should and could sing the lyric-spinto repertoire which, of course, she proved that,indeed, she could (She's still singing more than twenty years later).
Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to them than ever before.
Alternative movies trailers for The Merry Widow
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from The Merry Widow:
Весёлая вдова / The Merry Widow (2001)_trailer
Вдова с миллионным состоянием молодая и красивая и от поклонников нет отбоя - отчего же не веселиться?...
Franz Lehár - The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) "The Queen of Operattas" | Act 1
1st act of the operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles! Gunther Emmerlich ...
The Merry Widow - Tacoma Opera Behind the Scenes
L'amour Liaisons and Lehár. The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár. Performed by Tacoma Opera.
St. Petersburg Opera Company - The Merry Widow Rehearsal
A brief look - October 8 2019 at Opera Central St. Petersburg. Maestro Mark Sforzini conducting the Ted and Deena Puffer translation.
WGSLO - The Merry Widow - Grisettes sample
Wellington G&S Light Opera Sample from The Merry Widow performed at Southward Theatre on 28 August in New Zealand. Upcoming performances and ...
Lustige Witwe ( The Merry Widow ) Damenwahl Anfang
Die lustige Witwe ist eine Operette in drei Akten von Franz Lehár. Baron Mirko Zeta:Josep Kepplinger Valencienne: Felicitas Marawitz Graf Danilo Danilowitsch: ...
Popular movie trailers from 2005
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 2005:
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident.
Comments
Have you watched The Merry Widow yet? What did you think about it?
