A score as strong as iron filled with engaging rhythms and lyrical arias, and a swirling story full of spicy intrigues and comical plot twists. That was all Franz Lehár needed to create The Merry Widow, a operetta that was a box-office hit in 1905 and that still intrigues the imagination.
Hervé Niquet and François Pirette will doubtless add extra bells and whistles to his interpretation of this delightful operetta.
Hervé Niquet
conductor
Brussels Philharmonic
Lieven Debrauwer, special guest
François Pirette, acteur
hendrickje van kerckhove, soprano
soloist
thomas blondelle, tenor
soloist
Sébastien Droy, tenor
Jolien De Gendt, soprano
soloist
Philippe Souvagie, baritone
soloist
Joris Derder, baritone
soloist
Helena Bohuszewicz, alto
soloist
Marc Meersman, baritone
soloist
Evi Roelants, soprano
soloist
Ivan Goossens, tenor
soloist
Kai Rouven Seeger, baritone
soloist