Leo Stein

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.

未亡人ハンナとかつての恋人ダニロ。そしてミルコの妻に言い寄るカミーユ。この二組の恋が絡み合う、レハール作の喜劇です。オペレッタ演出の第一人者であるローナーが、ゴージャスなステージ・セット&デザイン、そして衣装を得て作り上げた、リアルな貴族の館を思わせる世界。音楽監督であるヴェルザー=メストはグラインドボーン音楽祭でもこのオペレッタを指揮して大好評を得ており、作品が生まれた時代の雰囲気を伝えてくれます。

Lotfi Mansouri's spectacular last production as General Director of The San Francisco Opera with Yvonne Kenny making her debut in the title role, new dialogue specially commissioned from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Wendy Wasserstein and an original ballet to set the scene ‘Chez Maxime’ bringing fresh insight into Lehár's classic operetta. This production also features another world premiere, Njegus's song, ‘Quite Parisian’.

Turn of the century Paris provides the glittering setting for this light hearted tale of political and amorous intrigue amidst the gaiety of Parisian high society.. First performed in Vienna in 1905 and here performed in the English version by Christopher Hassal.

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.