Organization

Conductor

Kresimir Batinic

Filip Pavišić

Stage director

Damir Lončar

Choreographer

Dejan Jakovljević

Set designer

Neven Mihić

Costume designer

Singer

Baritone

Zvonimir Ivanović

Baron Mirko Zeta

Berislav Puškarić

Soprano

Ivana Medić

Valencienne

Andrea Paić

Kristina Owais

Katarina Toplek

Hannah Glawari

Tanja Ruždjak

Robert Adamček

Count Danilo Danilowitsch

Igor Krišto

Tenor

Matic Zakonjšek

Camille of Rosillon

Ladislav Vrgoč

Blaž Galojlić

Viscount Cascada

Karlo Miličević

Ralph of Saint-Brioche

Marijan Josipović

Bogdanovitch

Davor Solanović

Snježana Lakotić

Sylviane

Iva Herman

Predrag Stojić

Kromow

Tomislav Moržan

Mezzo-soprano

Danijela Božičević

Olga

Jana Pogrmilović

Jasna Komendanović

Praskowia

Sanja Toth

HNK Osijek

Orchestra

Orkestar HNK u Osijeku

Others

Zbor HNK u Osijeku

Die lustige Witwe -  (The Merry Widow)

Osijek

Croatia

Public

The Merry Widow

Approved

The operetta, based on a great libretto by Viktor Leon and Leo Stein, was premiered in Vienna in 1905 and quickly became one of the most popular works of its genre, bringing indelible world fame to its creator, the master of operetta expression Lehar. The plot of The Merry Widow begins with the financial vicissitudes of Pontevedra, which is threatened with national bankruptcy, and the arrival of the millionaire widow Hanna Glawari in Paris. Seeing in the wealthy Hanna the only salvation of his small country, the ambassador and Baron Zeta sends Count Danilo, Hanna's former love, to "hunt for the millionaire" and the means at her disposal. Danilo, however, is a hopelessly bad hunter, since his love for his homeland and Hana's dowry leave him completely indifferent. His chivalric drive only awakens when the French seducer and womanizer Camille de Rosillon enters the scene. As a rule, love only becomes unbearably obvious when it becomes likely that we might lose it. The Merry Widow was last premiered at the HNK in Osijek in March 2007.

English

Opereta nastala prema sjajnom libretu Viktora Leona i Lea Steina praizvedena je u Beču 1905. te je strelovitom brzinom postala jedno od napopularnijih djela svog žanra, čime je svome tvorcu, majstoru operetnog izričaja Leharu donijela neizbrisivu svjetsku slavu. Radnja Vesele udovice započinje financijskim peripetijama Pontevedra kojem prijeti nacionalni bankrot i dolaskom udovice – milijunašice Hanne Glawari u Pariz. Ugledavši u imućnoj udovi Hanni jedini spas svoje malene zemlje, veleposlanik i barun Zeta u “lov na milijunašicu” i sredstva kojima dotična raspolaže šalje grofa Danila, nekadašnju Hanninu ljubav. Danilo je, međutim beznadno loš lovac, budući da  ga ljubav prema domovini i Haninu mirazu ostavljaju posve ravnodušnim. Viteški nagon mu se budi tek u trenutku kad na scenu stupa francuski zavodnik i ženskar Camille de Rosillon. Po običaju, ljubav postaje neizdrživo očigledna tek kad postane izgledno da bismo je mogli izgubiti. Vesela udovice je u HNK u Osijeku poslijednji put premijerno uprizorena u ožujku 2007.

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Crew

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