Published on Nov 22, 2016

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: January 18-22, 2017

Venue: Opera House of NCPA

Prices: 100, 280, 380, 550, 600, 680, 880

Features: The operetta "The Merry Widow", is the representative of Vienna light opera the glorious period. From January 18th-22nd, NCPA production of The Merry Widow will stage in Opera House of NCPA in Beijing.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Composer: Franz Lehar
Librettist: Viktor Léon, Leo Stein
Premiere: 30 December 1905 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna

Credits
Conductor: Thomas Rosner
Director, Set Designer & Costume Designer: Hugo de Ana
Choreographer: Alessandra Panzavolta
cLighting Designer: Paolo Mazzon

Light opera was born in the middle of the nineteenth Century, is a more easily for the masses to enjoy the relaxed and lively music drama form, it has different characteristics in different countries. There are different from the traditional European opera, light opera rhythm fast, fresh Liming is relaxed and humorous, more prominent entertainment and comedy, in the process of performing actors often interact with the audience. Light opera music in the opera is the same as the structure is rigorous, although it is interspersed with dialogue, and often make use of the dance genre such as waltz, polka, and at the time of the Austro Hungarian Empire within the scope of the national folk dance, even when light opera music is often used as a seasoning of gypsy music, but are very clever, they will be carefully woven into a relatively complete, the structure of drama to music.

Three act operetta "the merry widow", is the representative of Vienna light opera the glorious period. According to the French meihac comedy "embassy", by Lei Weng and Stine rewrite the script, music by the Hungarian composer Franz Lehar, December 30, 1905 in Vienna Premiere of the opera Comique, staged five hundred consecutive times become the best-selling series; at the same time also won an unprecedented welcome, Sheng played in many countries, even a movie.

"Merry Widow" music is to maintain a relatively elegant artistic taste, and interspersed with a lot of lively and vivid, funny but not cruel comedy episode, and made it play an important role in music not only has a distinct personality and beautiful; the use for dance is also quite characteristic, the waltz with Strauss compared to the more soothing, so it is more lyrical.

SYNOPSIS
In 1905, billionaire Glawari, a French banker, leaves his young wife Hanna (from Pontevedro) a legacy of 20 million francs after his death. To prevent it from flowing abroad, Count Danilo Danilovitch, the First Secretary of Pontevedro embassy in France, goes to court the dowager as ordered by his state, only to find she’s his old flame. Danilo refuses that out of his dignity, but Hanna still loves him. Then according to the banker’s will, Hanna voluntarily gives up her legacy, which makes Danilo respond to her love. During their wedding, as stipulated, the legacy is transferred to Danilo once more. In this way, the operetta has a happy ending.

Tickets for NCPA Operetta The Merry Widow are Available now!