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Jun 11, 2024 · Glyndebourne’s The Merry Widow is a high-octane comedy — review. Danielle de Niese is bright-eyed and charismatic in Cal McCrystal’s crowd-pleasing production. Danielle de Niese as Hanna Glawari...
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Jun 10, 2024 · The in-jokes come thick and fast in Glyndebourne’s first-ever staging of Franz Lehár’s operetta, The Merry Widow. Everything has been thrown at this snazzy, frothy tunefest; direction by comedy king Cal McCrystal, conducting by the multiple award-winning John Wilson, and utterly glorious designs by Gary McCann, who must have seen the date ...
Jun 10, 2024 · By Jessica Duchen. June 10, 2024 1:16 pm (Updated 1:43 pm) “What are you going to do with all those millions, Frau Glawari? Build an opera house?” The in-jokes come thick and fast in Glyndebourne’s...
Jun 10, 2024 · The Merry Widow, Glyndebourne: Danielle de Niese shines in a stunning, if jokey, production. The Merry Widow in this most rarified of country-house settings? She may not entirely belong here,...
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Jun 10, 2024 · Given the straight line that can be drawn between 19th-century operetta and the Hollywood musical, it might seem an obvious choice to use the latter as a lens through which to refract the Belle...
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Jun 10, 2024 · Glyndebourne’s staging of Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow delivers, despite an uneven balance between comedy and romance
