The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

125 mins | Comedy, Music | Jan. 1, 2005

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...

The Merry Widow

125 mins | Comedy, Music | Jan. 1, 2005

The Merry Widow
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...
Producers
Original title Die lustige Witwe
Directors Anton Reitzenstein
Writers Henri Meilhac, Viktor Léon, Leo Stein

Cast

Dagmar Schellenberger

as Hanna Glawari

Rodney Gilfry

as Count Danilo Danilovitch

Ute Gfrerer

as Valencienne

Rudolf A. Hartmann

as Baron Mirko Zeta

Herbert Prikopa

as Njegus

Piotr Beczala

as Camille, Count de Rosillon

Gabriel Bermúdez

as Vicomte Cascada

Guido Götzen

as Bogdanowitsch

Eva Maria Kaufmann

as Praskowia

Mary O'Sullivan

as Sylviane

Thomas Pütz

as Pritschitsch

Carine Séchaye

as Olga