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La Fenice's superb new Widow is always Merry, even without sequins and ostrich feathers

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Reviewed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice on 2 February 2018
Lehár, Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)
Teatro La Fenice
Stefano Montanari, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Nadja Mchantaf, Hanna Glawari
Christoph Pohl, Count Danilo Danilovich
Adriana Ferfecka, Valencienne
Franz Hawlata, Baron Mirko Zeta
Martina Bortolotti, Sylviane
Zdislava Bočková, Olga
Daniela Baňasová, Praskowia
Konstantin Lee, Camille de Rosillon
Marcello Nardis, Raoul de St Brioche
Roberto Maietta, Bogdanovich
William Corrò, Kromow
Karl-Heinz Macek, Njegus
Nicola Ziccardi, Pritschitsch
Simon Schnorr, Vicomte Cascada
Coro del Teatro La Fenice
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer
Chiara Vecchi, Choreography
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