The Metropolitan Opera The Merry Widow (2015)

Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehárs beloved operetta set in Paris and seen in a glittering production directed and choreographed by Broadways Susan Stroman Nathan Gunn is Danilo Hannas former flame who is supposed to woo and marry her in order to keep her fortune in their home country of Pontevedro Kelli OHara sings Valencienne the flirtatious young wife of the Pontevedrian ambassador in Paris Baron Zeta played by Thomas Allen and Alek Shrader is her suitor Camille Andrew Davis conducts the waltzrich score and the new English translation is by Jeremy Sams