To appreciate this brazen new Scottish Opera production, nay re-envisioning, of Franz Lehár’s 1905 operetta The Merry Widow, there’s absolutely no place for preconceptions.

Read our review of Scottish Opera's The Merry Widow, in which Lehár’s Ruritanian operetta is given a mafia setting in John Savournin’s staging ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch The Merry Widow (2008). Explore cast details and learn more on Moviefone.

But the other thing is that the Merry Widow is more like a musical in terms of singing, dancing, theatre, cabaret.

Glyndebourne is set to air its “The Merry Widow” on BBC Four this Christmas. The production was filmed during the 2024 festival and stars Danielle de Niese in the title role. She is joined by ...

In 1905, shortly before the world première of The Merry Widow, the Viennese theatre manager Wilhelm Karczag got cold feet and tried to pull it. He offered Franz Lehar hard cash to withdraw the score… ...

"Everything has been thrown at this snazzy, frothy tunefest," said Jessica Duchen in The i Paper; and though the production is not perfect, it has "all the makings of a classic". The new English ...

Sugar, swirls of silk and saucers of champagne abound in the decadent excess of Glyndebourne’s new production of Lehár’s biggest hit, The Merry Widow. Polite society be damned, there’s more sexual ...

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, but ...

A major inspiration behind Miller’s vision for The Merry Widow was the French movie director Jacques Demy, particularly Demy’s film The Young Girls of Rochefort. “There’s an aspect of Demy’s films—the ...

A grandiose story of love and betrayal, the OU School of Music’s production of “The Merry Widow” is an accessible entry point for newcomers to the opera genre.