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Jun 11, 2024 · The recent history of The Merry Widow is littered with productions coarse and/or clumsily updated that have sunk without trace. It seems unlikely that Glyndebourne’s will go the same way: it...
- Richard Fairman
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 ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Glyndebourne’s staging of Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow delivers, despite an uneven balance between comedy and romance.
Jun 11, 2024 · The Merry Widow, Glyndebourne review - fun and frolics in the Embassy Lehár upstaged but still triumphant Giulio Cesare, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival review - characterful, lustrous Handel on parade An infinitely various cast compels as the splendour falls on castle walls
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...
- Chief Opera Critic
Jun 20, 2024 · Danielle de Niese and Germán Olvera find their romantic destiny in The Merry Widow. (Image: PH ) The show starts with a gloriously funny prologue delivered to the audience by actor/singer Tom...
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Jun 10, 2024 · The Merry Widow, Glyndebourne review: All the makings of a classic. The festival’s first-ever staging of this funny operetta is made magical by John Wilson’s conducting and Danielle de Niese as the title diva.