The Merry Widow
9 June – 28 July 2024
Performance Dates
Glamorous, wealthy and recently widowed, can Hanna outwit the swarm of suitors in her search for true love? Danielle de Niese leads a stellar cast in this laugh-out-loud classic, which is sure to put a smile on your face as it spins around the glittering ballrooms of 1900s Paris.
Sung in English in a new version by Stephen Plaice and Marcia Bellamy with English supertitles.
Creative team
Conductor
John Wilson
Lee Reynolds (26 July)
Director
Cal McCrystal
Designer
Gary McCann
Choreographer
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille
Lighting Designer
Ben Cracknell
Assistant Conductor
Lee Reynolds
Associate Director
Tom Mallaburn
Assistant Director
Fiona Dunn
Senior Coach
Sergey Rybin
Repetiteurs
Kate Golla
Ashok Gupta
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Director Aidan Oliver
Assistant Chorus Director
Avishka Edirisinghe
Cast includes
Hanna Glawari
Danielle de Niese
Count Danilo
Germán Olvera
Baron Mirko Zeta
Thomas Allen
Valencienne
Soraya Mafi
Camille de Rosillon
Michael McDermott
Viscount Cascada
Alex Otterburn
Raoul de St Brioche
Innocent Masuku
Njegus
Tom Edden
Kronow
Michael Wallace
Olga
Rachel Taylor
Bogdanovitch
Adam Marsden
Sylviane
Emily Hodkinson
Pritschitsch
John Mackenzie-Lavansch
Praskowia
Melissa Gregory
Performance timings
Timings are subject to change.
*Restaurants open
11, 19, 22, 26, 29 JUNE
1, 4, 11, 17, 20, 23, 26 JULY
Gardens open: 3.00pm
Opera starts: 5.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 5.45pm
Opera resumes: 6.05pm
Interval (90 mins)*: 7.00pm
Opera resumes: 8.30pm
Opera ends: 9.05pm
9, 16 JUNE
7, 14, 28 JULY
Gardens open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 4.45pm
Opera resumes: 5.05pm
Interval (90 mins)*: 6.00pm
Opera resumes: 7.30pm
Opera ends: 8.05pm
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or contact our Director of Development, Helen McCarthy for an informal chat:
call 01273 815 032 or email helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com
Main image: Photography by Jill Wachter/Trunk Archive. Art direction & design by Ollie Winser