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Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia

Paula Sides (Hanna Glawari)
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Alex Otterburn (Danilo) and Henry Waddington (Don Zeta)
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Rhian Lois (Valentina)
© Mihaela Bodlovic
Paula Sides (Hanna Glawari)
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“Otterburn’s bright and breezy baritone was a good match for Paula Sides’ spirited Hanna”
Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow on 30 April 2025
Lehár, Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (Sung in English)
Scottish Opera
Stuart Stratford, Conductor
John Savournin, Director
takis, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Ben Pickersgill, Lighting Designer
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Scottish Opera Chorus
Lise Bondu, Associate Director
Paula Sides, Hanna Glawari
Alex Otterburn, Count Danilo Danilovich
Henry Waddington, Baron Mirko Zeta
Rhian Lois, Valencienne
Ellie Neate, Sylviane
Amy J Payne, Olga
Rosie Lavery, Praskowia
William Morgan, Camille de Rosillon
Connor James Smith, Raoul de St Brioche
Christopher Nairne, Vicomte Cascada
Jonathan Forbes Kennedy, Bogdanovich
Matthew Siveter, Kromow
Matthew Kellett, Njegus
Francis Church, Pritschitsch
Kally Lloyd-Jones, Choreography
East meets West in Dai Fujikura’s The Great Wave at Scottish Opera
***11
Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival
****1
Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill
****1
The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time
****1
Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning
****1
Barbe and Doucet's stylish Don Pasquale is a comic delight
****1
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