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  • The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
    The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
  • The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
    The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
  • The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
    The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
  • The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
    The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
  • The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP
    The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris (2012), © Photo: Julien Benhamou / OnP

Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow: Opéra de Paris

About the Event

Be charmed by the waltzes, mazurkas and polkas of Viennese tradition from Franz Lehár's operetta celebrating the splendors of the 1920s, directed by Jorge Lavelli at the Opéra Bastille in Paris.

Bursting with intrigue, the story revolves around the possible marriage between the young, beautiful and rich widow Hanna Glawari played by Valentina Naforniţa and the Count Danilo played by Thomas Hampson.

In German with French and English surtitles

Cast / Production

Conductor: Jakub Hrůša, Marius Stieghorst (
16, 20, 28, 30 Sept., 5, 9, 11, 15 Oct.)
Director: Jorge Lavelli
Set design: Antônio Lagarto
Costume design: Francesco Zito
Lighting design: Dominique Bruguière
Choreography: Laurence Fanon
Chorus master: José Luis Basso

Valencienne: Valentina Naforniţa
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch: Thomas Hampson
Hanna Glawari: Véronique Gens
Camille de Rosillon: Stephen Costello
Vicomte Cascada: Alexandre Duhamel
Raoul de Saint‑Brioche: Karl‑Michael Elbner
Bogdanowitsch: Peter Bording
Sylviane: Anja Schlosser
Kromow: Michael Kranebitter
Olga: Edna Prochnik
Pritschitsch: Julien Arsenault
Praskowia: Yvonne Wiedstruck
Njegus: Siegfried Jerusalem
Lolo: Esthel Durand
Dodo: Isabelle Escalier
Jou‐Jou: Sylvie Delaunay
Frou‐Frou: Virginia Leva‐Poncet
Clo‐Clo: Ghislaine Roux
Margot: Marie‐Cécile Chevassus

Orchestra and Choruses of the Opéra national de Paris

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