Met: Live in HD - Lehar's The Merry Widow

The great Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale who captivates all Paris in Lehár?s enchanting operetta, seen in a new staging by Broadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Oklahoma!, Contact). Stroman and her design team of Julian Crouch (Satyagraha, The Enchanted Island) and costume designer William Ivey Long (Cinderella, Grey Gardens, Hairspray) have created an art-nouveau setting that climaxes with singing and dancing grisettes at the legendary Maxim?s. Nathan Gunn co-stars as Danilo and Kelli O?Hara is Valencienne. Sir Andrew Davis conducts. Encore showing. Original air date January 17, 2015