The operetta country of Pontevedro is having financial difficulties. Impending bankruptcy can be avoided only by marrying off the Pontevedrian millionaire widow Hanna Glawari to a compatriot. According to the plan of Baron Zeta, this would ensure that the riches would stay in the country. The pleasure-loving Count Danilo is supposed to be the suitable groom, but he and the widow don’t really hit it off. It looks like Zeta’s plan will fail miserably when the widow discloses that, according to the testament, she would lose all her money if she were to marry again. It looks as if there is no hope for the bankrupt country...
Operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár
Running time 2 hours 30 minutes
Premiere 21 Dec 2007
Musical Director: Alexander Joel
Staging: Jérôme Savary
Set Design: Ezio Toffolutti
Costume Design: Michel Dussarrat
Choreography: Nadège Maruta
Lighting Design: Jan Seeger
Choir: Pablo Assante
Dramaturgy: Katarina Riedeberger
Baron Mirko Zeta: Gerd Vogel
Valencienne: Carolina Ullrich
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch: Christopher Magiera
Hanna Glawari: Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Camille de Rosillion: Aaron Pegram
Vicomte Cascada: Pavol Kubán
Raoul de St. Brioche: Gerald Hupach
Saxon State Opera Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden
In Co-operation with the Compagnie Jérôme Savary
With generous support of the Foundation for Support of the Semper Opera House
