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Opera on 3: Live from the Met: The Merry Widow

on BBC Radio 3

Franz Lehar's frothy operetta tells the story of the rich and glamorous widow Hanna Glawari, the eligible but flirtatious bachelor Count Danilo and the various officials who seek to prevent Hanna's fortune from leaving the country.

Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, conductor Andrew Davis

Act 1

7.20 Wonderful Town
In another visit to the New York musical scene Miles Warde talks to David Brown, conductor of the Marble Hill Collegiate Choir.

7.50 Acts 2 and 3

Music: page 46

Contributors

Composer:
Franz Lehar
Singers:
Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Musicians:
Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Hanna Glawari:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo)
Valencienne:
Emily Pulley (soprano)
Danilo:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Camille de Rosillon:
Paul Groves (tenor)
Baron Mirko Zeta:
John Del Carlo (baritone)
Njegus:
Anthony Laciura (tenor)
Vicomte Cascada:
Mel Ulrich (baritone)
Raoul de St Brioche:
Mark Showalter (tenor)
Bogdanowitsch:
Dennis Petersen (tenor)
Sylviane:
Beverly O'Regan Thiele (soprano)
Kromow:
James Courtney (baritone)
Olga:
Reveka Mavrovitis (mezzo)
Pritschitsch:
Thomas Hammons (baritone)
Praskowia:
Jane Shaulis (mezzo)
Interviewer (Wonderful Town):
Miles Warde
Interviewee (Wonderful Town):
David Brown

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