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The Merry Widow The Merry Widow
Lyric Opera, Chicago, IL 2009

Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume
Lighting Design: Christine Binder
Director: Gary Griffin
Projection Design: John Boesche
Set Design: Daniel Ostling
Choreographer: Daniel Pelzig
Costume Design: Mara Blumenfeld  

photos by Dan Rest

The Merry Widow
"Sweet, comic and heartwarming... [a] wonderfully staged production"
theaterinchicago.com

 

"Daniel Pelzig's choreography was energetic... the audience clearly enjoyed Danilo and the boys' chorus line routine in their paean to women."
chicagoclassicalreview.com

 

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The Merry Widow
"A particularly fun musical dance number, 'Every Woman', has several of the male cast members commiserating on how difficult women are."
chicagotheaterbeat.com

 

 
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"Andriana Chuchman... showed her versatility, bringing impressive agility to her dance number with the Grisettes (how many conservatory-trained opera singers are there who can do a floor split?)."
chicagoclassicreview.com
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