West Bay Opera: The Merry Widow

51st Season
2006–2007

Franz Lehár
Libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein
(English translation by Sheldon Harnick)
Based on the play L’Attaché d’ambassade by Henri Meilhac

Line

first performed Vienna, Theater an der Wien, December 30, 1905
West Bay Opera première

Six Performances Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
(in English with English titles) Conductor: Jindong Cai Director: Yefim Maizel

Friday, May 25, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 2:00 PM

Friday, June 1, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 2:00 PM

The Program

Reviews

West Bay Opera’s “Merry Widow” liltingly delivers lovely music and laughs (Palo Alto Weekly, June 1, 2007)

The Merry Widow brings to life the Paris of the 1930s. Amidst romantic intrigue, high society balls and the can can line at the decadent Maxim’s, a bankrupt kingdom’s diplomats scramble to keep the beautiful and recently widowed Hanna Glawari, and her inherited millions, in their country.

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