The Met's Merry Widow - Another Look

A reprise of the excellent cancan from The Met's Merry Widow, now being shown in Hong Kong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdWwVY0mA5U

Prior postings:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=met+merry

The Merry Widow - The Metropolitan Opera - 2015

I was able to see the HD telecast last night, and it was very good. I think that showing may be the last US encore, but I think it may still be shown again elsewhere.  If it is ever available again, my advice is: don't miss it.  The Met does release DVDs some time after the performances are concluded.  Perhaps this one will be selected for release or perhaps PBS will air it.

The photos are screen captures for the dress rehearsal video available on You Tube (also shown above), so they are not as crisp as I would like them to be, but they give an idea of what the performance looks like.  The cancan scenes in the full performance are much longer than the clip above.

Kelli O'Hara in the Valencienne role, shown above, does a great job, although her participation in the cancan, as a drunken Valencienne, is played for laughs, and her actual dancing is limited.

The original video is at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxEXiUG0_tM

Other videos:

http://www.metopera.org/video/2014-15/the-merry-widow/watch/the-merry-widow-201415-new-production/3193161336001#play?src=1415hdmer

Other links/photos:

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/review-merry-widow-peaks-metropolitan-opera/

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/singer-interrupted-during-tech-glitch-met-opera/

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2015/01/17/met-opera-the-merry-widow?refid=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/arts/music/susan-stroman-brings-a-broadway-heart-to-the-met-for-the-merry-widow.html?_r=0

http://schleppynabuccos.blogspot.com/2015/01/merrily-widowing-in-two-dimensions.html#!/2015/01/merrily-widowing-in-two-dimensions.html

http://www.coolconnections.ru/en/projects/17/titles/2594
(Some nice photos here)

https://ellenandjim.wordpress.com/

Met's Merry Widow in Australia

Our friends down under apparently will get a chance to see the Met's Merry Widow in their Live HD series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UepB0_hhjU4

The Met's Merry Widow - 《メリー・ウィドウ》3/19上映！【グリセットの歌】

 Another posting of the Maxim's segment of the Met's Merry Widow in 720p in case anyone wants another look or download opportunity.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-03O-uQJxc

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The Merry Widow - The Met

Someone has posted an HD video of the Met's Merry Widow.  This is the full operetta in two parts.  It is a must-see, and one that will likely disappear quickly.  Look now.

Part 1
https://vimeo.com/118949548

Part 2
https://vimeo.com/118968844
(Cancan from about 54:00 to 1:04:50)

Replay - The Merry Widow MET 2015

For anyone who wants a refresher or a download, here is the 2015 Met production of The Merry Widow in reasonably high quality.   I'm not sure how long this will remain posted at You Tube.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSD2z8tGHl0

(cancans at 1:47:15 and 1:53:30) 

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Die lustige Witwe (1962)

Several full-length Merry Widows have been posted at You Tube.  This German movie from 1962 isn't the "The Merry Widow", but it does have a brief classically costumed cancan, wrapped around Peter Alexander hamming it up.  The cancan starts around 33:00.

The original posted by Kostenlose alte deutsche Filme is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHexYryDYBM

A complete version of the real thing by the Met with Beverly Sills has been posted by Logan D at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQNnCcPwONk

A nice version by the New York City Opera was posted at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pUtRjDx2k8

The Merry Widow at the Met

A preview of what is in store with the Metropolitan Opera's production of The Merry Widow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxEXiUG0_tM

This will be shown in movie theaters in the US and Canada.  David Price, who found the above video, advises that it is also being shown in the UK (and perhaps elsewhere).

For information about seeing one of the performances in the US and Canada, see:

2014-15 Live in HD Season Schedule

The Merry Widow (Metropolitan Opera, 2015)

A 720p version of the entire Merry Widow by the Met.  I don't know how long this will stay up, so you might want to look and/or download it now.


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVkA-v6LeK0

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Merry Widow - Met 2015

 Another chance to see and download, if you haven't already done so.  In 720p.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSLxSp_jxNA

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Grisettes

This production of The Merry Widow looks like the recent one by the Met, but it is from the Lyric Opera of Chicago:

http://iconii.com/media/1122625060793775796_19991052

http://iconii.com/media/1118242557194423232_246869881

http://iconii.com/media/1120801677302843715_246869881

http://iconii.com/media/1124760355584636816_19991052