Soprano Jennifer Rowley will sing the role of Hanna Glawari in Palm Beach Opera's production of "The Merry Widow" from March 25-27. Things are fiscally tight in Pontevedro, the fictional Balkan ...

KNOXVILLE, TN. (WATE) – At Knoxville Opera it is their mission to spread love for opera and they do this by making performances approachable. Their latest ‘The Merry Widow’ is in English and is an ...

A wealthy widow is wooed by her adopted country’s most eligible bachelor in “The Merry Widow,” playing Friday and Saturday in San Luis Obispo. Presented by Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre and Opera San ...

The MET stages a silly romance in Lehar’s ‘The Merry Widow’ At 11 a.m. Saturday, the august Metropolitan Opera bravely will transmit Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” to the world. A warning: If you ...

"The Merry Widow" represents a transitional moment in opera. The operetta (a lighter, shorter opera) was a huge success when it debuted in Vienna in 1905, and it built onto that success through an ...

But The Merry Widow in the rarified aura of Glyndebourne? The company did tackle this famous 1905 operetta for a few concert performances when their theatre was shut (narrated by Dirk Bogarde, no less ...

This is FRESH AIR. The Metropolitan Opera will be celebrating New Year's Eve with Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow," one of the most beloved operettas ever written, in a new production staring soprano ...

"The Merry Widow," ("Die lustige Witwe") by Franz Lehár, capped a colorful and robust Palm Beach Opera season that easily navigated unprecedented times in the vocal arts. The cast did not hold ...

Things are fiscally tight in Pontevedro, the fictional Balkan principality, unless its ambassador to France can persuade the widow Hanna Glawari to keep her fortune in the country and save it from ...