The Merry Widow

Music · 2001

Lotfi Mansouri's spectacular last production as General Director of The 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 Maxime’ bringing fresh insight into Lehár's classic operetta. This production also features another world premiere, Njegus's song, ‘Quite Parisian’.

Starring

Gary Halvorson, Yvonne Kenny, Leo Stein, Franz Lehár, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Lotfi Mansouri, Gregory Turay

Director

Lotfi Mansouri