Category / Kategorie: Operas

Event / Veranstaltung:
Operetta: THE MERRY WIDOW

31 May 2009 - 19:00
Volksoper Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Währingerstrasse 78, A-1090 Wien / Vienna

Ticket categories and Prices / Karten und Preise

A	94 EUR
B	81 EUR
C	64 EUR
D	43 EUR

Description / Beschreibung
Lehár's enduringly popular operetta, which became a world-wide success after its 1905 premiere at Vienna's Theater an der Wien, tells the story of the young widow Hanna Glawari, left a vast fortune, who is prevailed upon to marry a Pontevedrian in order to rescue the financially beleaguered Pontevedro. The high-living rogue Count Danilo is pressured to be the groom but, despite his love for Hanna, he refuses to declare himself, not wishing to appear to be a mere fortune-hunter. It takes muchintrigue and feminine wiles for the all to end well, and Pontevedro to be rescued from bankruptcy.