The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

(Die lustige Witwe)

An Operetta in Three Acts

by Franz Lehár


Performed at The Haslemere Hall, November 1995
(With thanks to Josef Weinberger Limited for permission to perform)
Cast
Baron Mirko Zeta, Pontevedrian Ambassador in Paris Steven Faughey
Valencienne, his Wife Sinead Pratschke
Count Danilo Danilovitch, his First Secretary Jonathan Herbert
Anna Glawari Deborah Peake-Jones, Gabrielle Fisher (cover)
Camille de Rosillon Luke Price
Njegus, An Embassy Secretary Michael Clarke
Other roles Phyllis Burton, John Braithwaite, Ian Greenep, Robert Hill, Anthony Ramsden, Don Young

Opera South Chorus
Ornaments of the Parisian Society, Pontevedrians, etc.
Ladies Kirsty Bates, Vanessa Blaber, Dorothee Burton, Phyllis Burton, Karyl Cragg, Pamela Depledge, Heather Giraudo, Jenny Hill, Evelyn Knight, Elizabeth McNeillis, Maureen Riley, Diane Ridden and Diane Watson.
GentlemenJohn Braithwaite, Ian Greenep, Robert Hill, Stan Hoskin, John Jones, Michael Laird, Bertie Mawer, Anthony Ramsden, Owen Stafford and Don Young.
The grisettes (cancan dancers) from the Denise School of Dancing:
Robyn Davies, Sarah Jutsum, Felicity Lock, Tara O'Brien

Orchestra: Musarum Amici
Conductor: David Wright
Producer: Irene Axon
Stage Manager: Peter Sillick
Lighting Manager: Ben Dare
Make-up Manager: Esther Jones