White Horse Opera's next production for 2008 is
Franz Lehár, Victor Léon and Leo Stein's
The Merry Widow
This will be a fully staged production in English.
Venue:
Corn Exchange, Devizes (Ticket Information)
The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is a romantic musical comedy or operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story — concerning a rich widow, Hanna Glawari, and her attempt to find a husband.
The operetta was first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 30 December 1905 and had several very successful productions in Austria and Germany. In its English adaptation by Basil Hood, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, the show became a sensation in London in 1907, starring Lily Elsie and opened a few months later on Broadway for a very successful run. Thereafter, it was played frequently in America and throughout the English speaking world, and is still frequently revived in English.
Well-known music from the score includes the songs "Vilja", "You'll Find Me at Maxim's", and "The Merry Widow Waltz".
Dates:
Director: M'Lou Llewellyn
Conductor:
Cast List:
Auditions: For Audition information please take a look here. If you are interested in downloading Audition pieces please take a look here.
Baron Mirko Zeta Edward Harper
Valencienne Anna Vaupel
Count Danilo Danilowitsch Guy Edwards
Hanna Glawari Lynsey Docherty
Camille de Rosillon Carl Malmgren
Vicomte Cascada Jon Paget
Raoul de Saint-Brioche Michael Smith
Bogdanowitsch Andrew Taylor
Sylviane Chrissie Higgs
Kromow Tim O’Brien
Olga Paula Boyagis
Pritschitsch Robin Lane
Praskowia Barbara Gompels
Njegus Graham Billing
Les Grisettes de Paris…………………………………………………………………………………Bryony Cox, Jacky Jarvis, Toni Johnstone, Jessica Phillips, Jan Roberts, Sofia Tindall-Guignard
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