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The Merry Widow
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Franz Léhar's masterpiece, The Merry Widow, is back on stage!
The Merry Widow returns to the stage with a new production by the Compagnia Teatro Musica Novecento. Considered the world's most famous and widely performed operetta since its 1905 Viennese debut, it continues to fascinate audiences well into the third millennium.
Set in early twentieth-century Paris, the plot revolves around Hanna Glavari, a young and extremely wealthy widow sought after by numerous suitors. For political reasons, she must marry a fellow countryman, but the task falls to Danilo, a womanizer with little inclination for diplomatic duties. The show benefits from sets and costumes by Artemio Cabassi, direction by Alessandro Brachetti (who also performs the brilliant Niegus), and a top-notch vocal cast. A live orchestra, conducted by Stefano Giaroli, accompanies this refined and entertaining production, which celebrates the lightness and elegance of operetta.
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Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano
The Teatro degli Arcimboldi is a theatre and opera house in Milan which was built over a twenty-seven month period in anticipation of the closure and subsequent nearly three-year long renovation of Milan's La Scala opera house in December 2001. It is located 4.5 miles from the city centre in an abandoned Pirelli tire factory, in an area known as Bicocca.[1]
Designed by Vittorio Gregotti working with architects Mario Botta and Elisabetta Fabbri, the fan-shaped 2,375 seat auditorium, created on two levels, was planned to allow for the continuation of La Scala's 2001/2002 opera season and it was inaugurated with a performance of Verdi's La traviata on 19 January 2002.
An unfortunate accident closed the theatre for seventeen days in February 2001, but it reopened and became the La Scala company's venue until the renovated opera house reopened on its traditional day, 7 December, in 2004.
Performances of many different types of music are still given at the Arcimboldi.
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