| Royal Northern College of Music | |||
| Wyn Davies | Direction | ||
| Stefan Janski | Mise en scène | ||
| Sarah Froubert | Soprano | Hanna Glawari (ou Missia Palmieri) | 2014 déc. 03 |
| Jennifer Parker | Mezzo-soprano | Valencienne (ou Nadia) | 2014 déc. 03 |
| Benjamin Lewis | Ténor | Comte Danilo Danilovitch (ou Prince Danilo) | 2014 déc. 03 |
| Philip Clieve | Baryton | Baron Mirko Zeta (ou Baron Popoff dans l'adaptation française) | 2014 déc. 03 |
| Alexander Grainger | Ténor | Camille de Rosillon (ou Camille de Coutançon) | 2014 déc. 03 |
| James Fisher | Basse | Kromow (ou Kromski) | 2014 déc. 03 |
An intoxicating whirl of elegant ladies, eligible bachelors, Maxim’s can-can dancers, and ever-flowing champagne, Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow has long delighted audiences with its effervescent tale of suitors seeking the coveted hand of wealthy widow Anna Glawari in fin-de-siècle Paris. Events unfold against the back story of the small, struggling Balkan state of Pontevedro whose entire GDP has ended up in the young widow’s jewellery drawer…
This much-loved operetta has been a huge crowd pleaser since its 1905 première in Vienna and features many well-known arias, including Vilja, You’ll Find Me At Maxim’s, and The Merry Widow Waltz.