Lustige Witwe 2005Carl Rosa Company (est 1998)
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One of the most successful productions of the new Carl Rosa operetta company was this lively and unpretentious staging of The Merry Widow, here on its second visit to Scotland in less than a year, though with an almost entirely new, and equally accomplished, team of performers.
Margaret Preece had sung in the Scottish Opera Chorus several years before, but her only major role in Scotland had been with ETO in Perth. As with that Rosalinde she again showed a real flair for the dialogue required of Hanna, and sang beautifully. The young Canadian tenor David Curry had earlier been a nicely lyrical Camille, and here turned on the charm in his first attempt at Danilo.
Performance Cast
- Baron Mirko Zeta Pontevedrian Ambassador in Paris
- Valencienne Zeta's wife
- Count Danilo Danilowitsch Secretary to the legation, reserve cavalry lieutenant
- Hanna Glawari a wealthy young widow
- Camille de Rosillon
- Vicomte Cascada
- Raoul de St Brioche
- Bogdanowitsch Pontevedrian Consul
- Sylviane wife of Bogdanowitsch
- Kromow Counsellor to the Pontevedrian legation
- Olga wife of Kromow
- Pritschitsch retired Pontevedrian colonel, Military Attaché
- Praskowia wife of Pritschitsch
- Njegus Chancery Clerk at the Embassy