AusStage

Event

The Merry Widow

Venue

Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA

First Date

29 November 2018

Last Date

6 December 2018

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

Genuinely entertaining from start to finish, this much-loved operetta features exquisite music, magnificent waltzes and lavish art-deco sets. Spectacular costumes and designs create the perfect opulent backdrop to this romantic comedy as Baron Zeta attempts to arrange a successful marriage to save his homeland Pontevedra from bankruptcy.

Description Source

Website

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Secondary Genre

Opera

Organisations

Trility, Sponsor
The Opera Conference, Streaming Platform (Online)
Australia Council for the Arts, Grant Body
Arts South Australia, Grant Body
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
State Opera Chorus, Chorus
The State Opera of South Australia, Production Company
The State Opera of South Australia, Presenting Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Deborah Caddy	Actor and Singer	Sylviane
Catherine Campbell	Actor and Singer	Praskovia
Nicholas Cannon	Actor and Singer	Alexis Kromov
Desiree Frahn	Actor and Singer	Valencienne
Adam Goodburn	Actor and Singer	Raoul de St Brioche
Antoinette Halloran	Actor and Singer	Hanna Glavari
Norbert Hohl	Actor and Singer	Dominik Bogdanovich
Alexander Lewis	Actor and Singer	Count Danilo Danilovich
John Longmuir	Actor and Singer	Camille de Rosillon
Mark Oates	Actor and Singer	Njegus
Sarah Jane Pattichis	Actor and Singer	Olga Kromov
Joshua Rowe	Actor and Singer	Konrad Pritschich
Jeremy Tatchell	Actor and Singer	Viscount Nicolas Cascada
Andrew Turner	Actor and Singer	Baron Mirko Zeta
Shane Placentino	Assistant Choreographer
Shane Placentino	Assistant Director
Graeme Murphy	Choreographer
Greta Bradman	Chorus
Eleanor Brasted	Chorus
Michaela Burger	Chorus
David Cox	Chorus
Andrew Crispe	Chorus
Michael Denholm	Chorus
Christian Evans	Chorus
Laura Feier	Chorus
Susan Ferguson	Chorus
Jared Frost	Chorus
Daniel Goodburn	Chorus
Kristen Hardy	Chorus
Erin Holmes	Chorus
Rosanne Hosking	Chorus
Deborah Johnson	Chorus
Reece Keane	Chorus
Charlotte Kelso	Chorus
Rodney Kirk	Chorus
Nicholas Lock	Chorus
Gerry Masi	Chorus
Rachel McCall	Chorus
Martin Penhale	Chorus
Brock Roberts	Chorus
Alexandra Scott	Chorus
Lachlan Scott	Chorus
Lynne Smythe	Chorus
Valentyna Solowij	Chorus
Jenn Tranter	Chorus
Hew Wagner	Chorus
Franz Lehar	Composer
Wyn Davies	Conductor
Jennifer Irwin	Costume Designer
Janet Vernon	Creative Associate
Michael Braun	Dancer
Renata Commisso	Dancer
Jayden Grogan	Dancer
Naomi Hibberd	Dancer
Jayden Hicks	Dancer
Teagan Lowe	Dancer
Christopher Politis	Dancer
Grace Robinson	Dancer
Breanna Skewes	Dancer
Chimene Steele-Prior	Dancer
Chen Wen	Dancer
Ned Zaina	Dancer
Graeme Murphy	Director
Damien Cooper	Lighting Designer
Michael Scott-Mitchell	Set Designer
Justin Fleming	Translator