The Opera
Franz Lehár
Die lustige Witwe
(La vedova allegra)
New Production of the Teatro alla Scala
October
2008: 29 (20:00), 31 (20:00)
November
2008: 02 (20:00), 07 (20:00), 08 (20:00), 11 (20:00), 16 (20:00), 18 (20:00), 19 (20:00), 21 (20:00), 23 (20:00)
Sung in German with electronic libretto in Italian, English, German
Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
The operetta par excellence, the masterwork of the Hungarian Lehár, get a new life in this original version, but continues to offer its charming "ethnic" instrumental colour and entice the listeners to linger between the softness of his intimate waltzes that are so different from the stereotypes of the authentic Viennese.
Staging, Sets and Costumes
Pier Luigi Pizzi
Coreography
Gheorghe Iancu
Valencienne
Nino Surguladze/Ana Maria Labin
Danilo Danilowitsch
Will Hartmann/Mathias Hausmann
Hanna Glawari
Eva-Maria Westbroek/Nancy Gustafson
Camille de Rossillon
Dmitry Korchak/Daniel Behle
The Viscount Cascada
David Adam Moore
Roul di Saint Brioche
Alexander Kaimbacher
Bogdanowitch
Alesandro Paliaga
Pritschitch
Andrea Snarski
Praskowia
Giovanna Donadini
Grisettes
Irina Kapanadze/Alisa Zinovjeva/Alessandra Volpe