Lehar - Merry Widow / Kenny, Skovhus, Kirchschlager, Turay, Kunzel, San Francisco Opera

BBC / Opus Arte, 2002, DVD

Product Description

This is 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". "It’s a wonderfully rich piece of musical theatre, of course gorgeous melodies but also the story touches on some real basic truths about human relationships" –Director Lotfi Mansouri

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Illustrated Synopsis • Cast Gallery • "Impressions" - Lotfi Mansouri, Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager and Gregory Turay discuss The Merry Widow • Illustrated booklet with an essay by Camille Crittenden examining what insight the Merry Widow gives into women’s roles in fin-de-siele Vienna.

Product Details

Title: Lehar - Merry Widow / Kenny, Skovhus, Kirchschlager, Turay, Kunzel, San Francisco Opera
Sales Rank: 21488 in Music
Actor: Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus
Studio: BBC / Opus Arte, 2003-08-19, Theatrical Release: 2002-12-25
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 188 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds

Customer Reviews

Oh no ....not in English!!!: Today almost the entire community of classical music lovers agrees that operas and operettas should be sung in the original language. The composer had the specific words in his mind when he composed the music and using any other language would be a diminishment of his work and thoughts. The Merry Widow sounds absolutely horrible in English. All the… More reviews

Merry Widow: Excellent recording of The Merry Widow. This opera was produced by the Dallas Opera recently and I wanted the CD to remind me. … More reviews

No English Sub=titles: The diction of the singers was not sufficient to permit satisfactory understanding the dialog and lyrics. Musically it was very pleasant and the staging was fine. The absence of English subtitles was a great disappointment More reviews

Wonderful Widow!: This is an absolutely WONDEERFUL version of the Widow.
Well worth the purchase price -- if not MORE!
… More reviews

The Merry Widow: The film arrived before the promised date, it was in very good condition and has already afforded many hours of delightful entertainment. More reviews