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Great Performances Episode 42.17 Great Performances at the Met: The Merry Widow
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Great Performances Episode 42.17 Great Performances at the Met: The Merry Widow

Episode Premiere
June 19, 2015
Genre
Comedy
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/
Episode Premiere
June 19, 2015
Genre
Comedy
Period
1971 -
Production Co
-
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/
Main Cast
  • Bray Poor

The lavish new staging of Lehár’s effervescent operetta The Merry Widow is the Met debut of Broadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman. Soprano Renée Fleming adds a new character to her Met repertory as Hanna, the rich widow. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the cast that also includes baritone Nathan Gunn as Danilo; tenor Alek Shrader; baritone Sir Thomas Allen; and Broadway star Kelli O’Hara.