The merry widow [videorecording] / music by Franz Lehar ; book and lyrics by Victor Leon and Leo Stein ; dialogue by Wendy Wasserstein ; directed for TV by Gary Halvorson ;producers, Judy Flannery, John Walker ; stage director, Lotfi Mansouri ; a production of Thirteen/WNET, New York; KQED Public Television, San Francisco; San Francisco Opera; BBC Worldwide; and Opus Arte BV

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 0005 | KulturPublication details: [England] : BBC ; East Sussex, United Kingdom : Opus Arte, c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 6307928026
Contained works:
  • Lehar, Franz, 1870-1948. Lustige Witwe. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.5/42 221
LOC classification:
  • M1500 .L87 1997b
Production credits:
  • English translation of lyrics, Christopher Hassall ; executive producer, David Horn ; costume designer, Thierry Bosquet ; set designer, Michael Yeargan ; lighting designer, Jennifer Tipton ; choreographer, Lawrence Pech ; editors, Steve Prime, Noel Rogers ; additional lyrics by Ted and Deena Puffer
Yvonne Kenny (Anna Glawari) ; Bo Skovhus (Count Danilo Danilovitch) ; Angelika Kirchschlager (Valencienne) ; Gregory Turay (Camille de Rosillon) ; Carlo Hartmann, Curtis Sullivan, Jonathan Boyd, Bob Amaral, Marnie Breckenridge, William Saetre, Jayne Taini, Peter Strummer, Collen McGrath, Elijah Chester, Janice Lynde, Matt Logan, Virginia Pluth, Claudia Siefer, Jim Croom, Cynthia Drayer, Ann Greene, Debra Rose, Jodi Allen, Juliann Rhodes, Nora Heiber, supporting soloists ; San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Erich Kunzel, conductorSummary: Lotfi Mansouri's last production as General Director of the San Francisco Opera; includes new dialogue by Wendy Wasserstein and
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From the comedy L'attache ambassade by Henri Meilhac

Recorded live on Dec. 8, 2001, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Calif.

Bonus features: synopsis; cast gallery; and the short film Impressions, featuring cast members discussing the operetta.

Program notes by Bronwen Roberts and Camille Crittenden in English, French and German (23 p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.

English translation of lyrics, Christopher Hassall ; executive producer, David Horn ; costume designer, Thierry Bosquet ; set designer, Michael Yeargan ; lighting designer, Jennifer Tipton ; choreographer, Lawrence Pech ; editors, Steve Prime, Noel Rogers ; additional lyrics by Ted and Deena Puffer

Yvonne Kenny (Anna Glawari) ; Bo Skovhus (Count Danilo Danilovitch) ; Angelika Kirchschlager (Valencienne) ; Gregory Turay (Camille de Rosillon) ; Carlo Hartmann, Curtis Sullivan, Jonathan Boyd, Bob Amaral, Marnie Breckenridge, William Saetre, Jayne Taini, Peter Strummer, Collen McGrath, Elijah Chester, Janice Lynde, Matt Logan, Virginia Pluth, Claudia Siefer, Jim Croom, Cynthia Drayer, Ann Greene, Debra Rose, Jodi Allen, Juliann Rhodes, Nora Heiber, supporting soloists ; San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Erich Kunzel, conductor

Lotfi Mansouri's last production as General Director of the San Francisco Opera; includes new dialogue by Wendy Wasserstein and

DVD video; Dolby digital; stereo.; 5.1 surround; 16/9 anamorphic aspect ratio

In English with optional Spanish subtitles.

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