The Merry Widow

Franz Lehár The Merry Widow operetta to libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein. Directed 2001 by Lotfi Mansouri at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. Stars singers Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay, Carlo Hartmann, Curtis Sullivan, Jonathan Boyd, Bob Amaral, Marnie Breckenridge, William Saetre, Jayne Taini, Peter Strummer, Colleen McGrath, Elijah Chester, Janice Lynde, Virginia Pluth, Matt Logan, Cynthia Drayer, Anne Green, Debra Rose, Jodi Allen, Juliann Rhodes, and Nora Heiber  Also stars Amanda McKerrow, John Gardner, Claudia Siefer, and Jim Croom. Erich Kunzel conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestrab and Chorus. Sets by Michael  Yeargan; costumes by Thierry Bosquet; lighting by Jennifer Tipton; choreography of San Francisco Opera Ballet by Lawrence Pech; directed for TV by Gary Halvorson. Released 2010, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: B

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