The Merry Widow > Metropolitan Opera (Renée Fleming)
Show Details
- Show
- Die lustige Witwe (99)
- Music
- Franz Lehár (116)
- Lyrics
- Viktor Léon (7), Leo Stein (18)
- Book
- Viktor Léon (7), Leo Stein (18)
Recording Details
- Date
- December 31, 2014
- Type
- Noncommercial Audio / Stage Cast
- Method
- Live
- Language
- English
- Location
- US / NY / New York
- Theatre/Venue
- Metropolitan Opera House
- Translation
- Jeremy Sams (16)
- Director
- Susan Stroman (38)
- Conductor
- Andrew Davis (11)
- Performer
- Thomas Allen (53) — Baron Zeta, Andrea Coleman (2) — Woman, Carson Elrod (3) — Njegus, Renée Fleming (38) — Hanna Glawari, Wallis Giunta (3) — Olga, Nathan Gunn (13) — Count Danilovich, Catherine Hamilton (2) — Margot, Leah Hofmann (4) — Frou-Frou, Jenny Laroche (6) — Clo-Clo, Margaret Lattimore (2) — Praskowia, Alexander Lewis (2) — Raoul de St. Brioche, Synthia Link (7) — Lolo, Jeff Mattsey (3) — Vicomte Cascada, Alison Mixon (2) — Dodo, Daniel Mobbs (2) — Kromow, Kelli O'Hara (58) — Valencienne, Emily Pyenburg — Jou-Jou, Emalie Savoy (2) — Sylvanie, Mark Schowalter (6) — Bogdonowitsch, Alek Shrader (3) — Camille de Rosillon, Jason Simon (6) — Maitre D', Gary Simpson (2) — Pritschitsch
- Notes
- New Year's Eve opening night performance of Metropolitan Opera's new production of The Merry Widow, with a new English translation by Jeremy Sams. Includes a new medley overture assembled by Andrew Davis. In Act 2 Renèe Fleming interpolates, "Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden (Love, Live, Forever)" from Franz Lehar's Paganini.
- Shortcode
- [r28943]
Releases
- Format
- Radio Broadcast
- Released
- 2014-12-31
- Notes
- Broadcast live on Sirius XM Radio and streamed on metopera.org.
- Lists
- 7 collectors / 8 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl46341]