The Merry Widow
2005Zurich Opera House production of Franz Léhar's operetta, with Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, and Ute Gfrerer in lead roles. Baron Zeta is desperate that the fabulously wealthy widow Hanna Glavari marry a Pontevedrian man so that her fortune remains in the country. He attempts to match her and his handsome attaché, Danilo. It turns out that Danilo and Hanna had had a love affair in years past. Nevertheless, Danilo now refuses to love her because he doesn't want to appear like he is only interested in her money...
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Dagmar Schellenberger
as Hanna Glawari
Rodney Gilfry
as Count Danilo Danilovitch
Ute Gfrerer
as Valencienne
Rudolf A. Hartmann
as Baron Mirko Zeta
Herbert Prikopa
as Njegus
Piotr Beczala
as Camille, Count de Rosillon
Gabriel Bermúdez
as Vicomte Cascada
Guido Götzen
as Bogdanowitsch
Eva Maria Kaufmann
as Praskowia
Mary O'Sullivan
as Sylviane
Thomas Pütz
as Pritschitsch
Carine Séchaye
as Olga