Kenny:Kirchschlager:Kunzel - Lehar: The Merry Widow

Lotfi Mansouri's spectacular last production as General Director of San Francisco Opera with Yvonne Kenny making her debut in the title role, new dialogue specially commissioned from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Wendy Wasserstein, and an original ballet to set the scene 'Chez Maxim's', bringing fresh insight into Lehar's classic operetta.it's a wonderfully rich piece of musical theatre, of course gorgeous melodies but also the story touches on some real basic truths about human relationships Director, Lofti Mansouri'...this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehar's adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see...soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.' Classic FM Magazine