Die lustige Witwe [videorecording] : Operette / von Franz Lehár ; libretto, Victor Léon und Leo Stein ; inszenierung, Helmuth Lohner ; bildregie, Anton Reitzenstein ; live aus dem Opernhaus Zürich.
Operetta in three acts. Based on the comedy L'Attaché d'ambassade by Henri Meilhac. Rudolf A. Hartmann (Baron Mirko Zeta) ; Ute Gfrerer (Valencienne) ; Rodney Gilfrey (Graf Danilo) ; Dagmar Schellenberger (Hanna Glawari) ; Piotr Beczala (Camille de Rosillon) ; Herbert Prikopa (Njegus) ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House ; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor. Recorded in performance 2004. Program notes in English, German and French (34 p.) in container.
Summary:
Helmut Lohner excels in presenting this amusing love story on stage. With the Opera House Zurich Chorus and Orchestra, Dagmar Schellenberger as the Merry Widow, and Rodney Gilfry as Danilo.
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