The Merry Widow

The story is really quite simple. Anna Glawari is a wealthy widow from Pontevedria who lives in Paris. Her nation is in financial straits and Count Danilo, a suave diplomat, is sent to encourage her to help her country, which she could best do if she married him and brought her money home. Anna knows, but does not say, that if she marries she will be forced to give up her money, and romantic complications ensue because Danilo has an eye for Parisian can-can girls. What we discover is that Anna actually loves Danilo, and we wait for him to come to this realization. Another important character is Camille de Rosillon, a young noble Frenchman who is in love with Valencienne, the Pontevedrian ambassador’s wife, but feigns a courtship of Anna. Ultimately Danilo and Anna agree to marry when she is certain he loves her. At that point, she reveals that, yes, she will lose her fortune, but it will go to the man who wins her hand.

Schedule

Saturday, April 29 at 8pm
Sunday, April 30 at 2pm
Friday, May 5 at 8pm
Saturday, May 6 at 2pm
Sunday, May 7 at 2pm

Appropriate For Ages: 7 and up