Royal Northern College of Music: Concert Hall124 Oxford Road, Manchester, North-West, M13 9RD, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Performers
| Royal Northern College of Music | |||
| Wyn Davies | Conductor | ||
| Stefan Janski | Director | ||
| Sarah Froubert | Soprano | Hanna Glawari | 2014 Dec 03 |
| Jennifer Parker | Mezzo-soprano | Valencienne | 2014 Dec 03 |
| Benjamin Lewis | Tenor | Count Danilo Danilovich | 2014 Dec 03 |
| Philip Clieve | Baritone | Baron Mirko Zeta | 2014 Dec 03 |
| Alexander Grainger | Tenor | Camille de Rosillon | 2014 Dec 03 |
| James Fisher | Bass | Kromow | 2014 Dec 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.