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| Great Performances: The Merry Widow: The Plot |
The following are cast and production credits for The Merry Widow from San Francisco Opera, Wednesday, December 25 at 9 p.m. (ET) on Thirteen/WNET New York's Great Performances (check local PBS listings). A production of Thirteen/WNET; KQED Public Television, San Francisco; San Francisco Opera; BBC Worldwide, and Opus Arte BV, the telecast features a new libretto by Wendy Wasserstein, and stars Yvonne Kenny and Bo Skovhus. Gary Halvorson directs. Erich Kunzel conducts the SFO Chorus and Orchestra. Great Performances is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, public television viewers and PBS. Major corporate support is provided by Ernst & Young LLP. Special funding for this telecast was provided by the Koret Foundation, the KQED Campaign for the Future Program Venture Fund and Vivian Milstein.
SERIES: Great Performances
PROGRAM: "The Merry Widow from San Francisco Opera"
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, December 25, 2002, 9-11:30 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings)
FORMAT: New production of the Lehár favorite, with libretto by Wendy Wasserstein. Yvonne Kenny sings the title role, with Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager and Gregory Turay. Erich Kunzel conducts. In English with surtitles.
CAST
Anna Glawari, the Merry Widow: YVONNE KENNY
Count Danilo, Pontevedrian attaché: BO SKOVHUS
Valencienne, his wife: ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER
Camille de Rosillon, her lover: GREGORY TURAY
Baron Mirko Zeta, Pontevedrian ambassador: CARLO HARTMANN
Njegus, embassy secretary: ELIJAH CHESTER
Raoul de St. Brioche, a diplomat: JONATHAN BOYD
Vicomte Cascada, a diplomat: CURTIS SULLIVAN
Kromow, attaché: BOB AMARAL
Olga, his wife: MARNIE BRECKENRIDGE
Pritschitch, attaché: WILLIAM SAETRE
Praskowia, his wife: JAYNE TAINI
Bogdanovitch, attaché: PETER STRUMMER
Sylviane, his wife: COLLEEN McGRATH
A Lady Guest: VIRGINIA PLUTH
Maitre d'Hotel: MATT LOGAN
Zozo: JANICE LYNDE
Lolo, grisette: CYNTHIA DRAYER
Dodo, grisette: ANN GREENE
Jou-jou, grisette: DEBRA ROSE
Frou-frou, grisette: JODI ALLEN
Clo-clo, grisette: JULIANN RHODES
Margot, grisette: NORA HEIBER
Solo Dancers: AMANDA McKERROW, JOHN GARDNER
PRODUCTION
Music: Franz Lehár
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Libretto: Wendy Wasserstein, after Victor Léon and Leo Stein, from Henri Meilhac's play
Lyrics: Christopher Hassall, and Ted & Deena Puffer
Stage Director: Lotfi Mansouri
Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Thierry Bosquet
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer: Lawrence Pech
"Love, Live Forever" from Paganini, with music by Franz Lehár and book & lyrics by Paul Knepler and Bela Jenbach
(Recorded in performance, War Memorial Opera House, December 2001)
FOR TELEVISION
Director: Gary Halvorson
Audio Producer: Andrew Kazdin
Lighting Consultant: Alan Adelman
Line Producer: Mitch Owgang
Editors: Steve Prime, Noel Rogers
Producers: John Walker, Judy Flannery
Executive Producer: David Horn
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
General Director: Pamela Rosenberg
Music Director: Donald Runnicles
KQED
Executive Producer: Danny McGuire
OPUS ARTE BV
Executive Producer: Hans Petri
BBC WORLDWIDE
Executive Producer: Hazel Wright
GREAT PERFORMANCES
Series Producer: David Horn
Senior Producer for Music: John Walker
Executive Producer: Jac Venza
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