THE MERRY WIDOW
2009

Here are some highlights from our recent production. All pictures are copyright © 2009 Rick Baumhauer. Click to enlarge. For a complete gallery of downloadable photos from the show, click here.

Franz Lehár's Bad Ischl Estate

Soma Dance Company

Merry Widow Cast

Act I begins with a party in progress at the Petrovenian Embassy

Baron Zeta (Steve Curylo) greets his guests

Widow Hanna Glawari (Tamara Molloy) enters with her entourage of admirers

Zeta's flirtatious wife Valencienne (Denise Crawfort) pleads with her beloved Camille (John Craft)

Baron Zeta confers with his secretary Njegus (Kyle Torrence) about an urgent telegram from the "Fatherland"

Count Danilo Danilovitch (Chevalier Lovett) sings of Maxim's

Petrovenian folk dancers (Darcie Froman and the Soma dance group) amaze the crowd

At Hanna's Petrovenian-style party, guests enjoy a native dance around the fire

Hanna sings of the woodland sprite "Vilia"

Danilo and the gentlemen sing of "Girls, Girls Girls"

Zozo (Alice Matteson) and her Grisettes sing of their carefree life

Njegus tells the Maxim's crowd that he is "Quite Parisian"

All is resolved happily at the end