Viktor Léon

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.

It's carnival in Paris and lawyer Paul is with his wife Angèle from London to visit his journalist friend Georges and his wife Marguèrite. At the upcoming opera ball, the two women want to put their husbands to the test.

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...

After the operetta of the same name of Richard Heuberger in 1890-1914 all kinds of situation comic from happy-go-lucky Vienna of the turn of the century, the time of the first cars and the absurd bath costumes: Husbands in the Chambre Separee, her little dizziness and mistake plays, the tumultuous whirl of a grand ball... - A high-spirited comedy at considerable entertainment level.

Соня, веселая вдовушка, чьи безумные денежные траты поддерживают на плаву экономику крохотной страны Маршовии. Однажды она решает переехать в Париж, чтобы найти подходящего мужа. Узнав об этом, король Маршовии посылает вслед за ней графа Данило - местного Дон Жуана. Молодой человек должен обольстить веселую вдову и вернуть ее домой. Прибыв на место, и не узнав Соню, он влюбляется в нее по-настоящему. Через некоторое время вдовушка узнает о подлинной миссии героя. Данило приходится приложить немало усилий, чтобы убедить ее в подлинности своего чувства, но он терпит фиаско. Не сумев доказать истинность своей любви, граф вынужден по приказу короля вернуться в Маршовию и предстать перед судом, но приговор не будет приведен в исполнение и все закончится так, как и должно быть в оперетте!

A western woman falls in love with a chinese prince. When she accompanies him to his homeland, strange things await her. Based on the operetta of the same name with music by Franz Lehár and libretto by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda.

Based on the operetta of the same name.