Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe

Sung in English

Yvonne Kenny (Anna Glawari), Bo Skovhus (Danilo), Angelika Kirchschlager (Valencienne), Gregory Turay (Camille)

San Francisco Opera Orchestra & San Francisco Opera Chorus and Ballet, Erich Kunzel (conductor) & Lotfi Mansouri (stage director)

Gregory Turay is a fluent, quite serious Camille, Bo Skovhus a superb Danilo and Angelika Kirchschlager an absolute dream of a Valencienne. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Feb 2010
Catalogue No: OABD7055D
Label: Opus Arte

Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe

Recorded live at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 8 December 2001
Yvonne Kenny (Anna Glawari), Bo Skovhus (Danilo), Angelika Kirchschlager (Valencienne), Gregory Turay (Camille)
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & San Francisco Opera Chorus and Ballet
Erich Kunzel (conductor) & Lotfi Mansouri (stage director)

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Lotfi Mansouri’s spectacular last production as General Director of San Francisco Opera with Yvonne Kenny making her debut in the title role, new dialogue specially commissioned from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Wendy Wasserstein, and an original ballet to set the scene ‘Chez Maxim’s’, bringing fresh insight into Lehár’s classic operetta.

‘…this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehár’s adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see…soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.’ Classic FM Magazine

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Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery.

Impressions: Lotfi Mansouri, Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager and Gregory Turay discuss The Merry Widow.

Running time 189 mins

Region code All regions

Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4

Disc size: BD50

Picture format 1080i High Definition / 16:9

Sound format 2.0 & 4.0 DTS-HD Master Audio

Menu language EN

Subtitles FR/DE/ES

Reviews

July 2010

Gregory Turay is a fluent, quite serious Camille, Bo Skovhus a superb Danilo and Angelika Kirchschlager an absolute dream of a Valencienne.

Opera Now April 2020

Angelika Kirchschlager and Gregory Turay are an attractive Valencienne and Camille, both vocally and visually. The cast works excellently as an ensemble, [and] much fun is had

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