Merry Widow

Merry Widow

This production of Lehar's The Merry Widow is a mixed bag, appropriate, perhaps, for a work of art that is both sublime and ridiculous. Its weakest element is the presence of Joan Sutherland, which will undoubtedly attract the most buyers. Still, viewers will replay it often (perhaps bypassing some of Sutherland's numbers) for the sake of its lavish production, particularly for the abundant, polished, and colorful dance numbers. The 1988 performance, by the Australian Opera in the elegant Sydney Opera House, dates from the end of Sutherland's career, and it leaves one wondering whether she should have retired a bit sooner, while at the same time treasuring every moment in the presence of one of the unique voices of the 20th century. There are moments of beauty in her singing, but intonation and support are both variable. The supporting cast, including Ronald Stevens, Anne-Maree McDonald, and Anson Austin, is generally adept, though some gags (especially the Pontevedran accents) may seem overworked. --Joe McLellan

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NR (Not Rated)
Year:
1934
99
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Count Danilo:
Are you pretty? Or beautiful?

Sonia:
Gorgeous.

Ambassador Popoff:
Have you ever had diplomatic relations with a woman?

Danilo:
I'm a soldier. My duty is to fight. I'm willing to die on every battlefield. But I'm not going to drink another cup of coffee!

King Achmet:
So they're blaming me, huh?

Valet:
For everything. They're even telling jokes about your majesty.

King Achmet:
Are they funny?

Valet:
No.

King Achmet:
That's bad.

Sonia:
There's a limit to every widow.

Captain Danilo:
You're the freshest Fifi I've ever met.

Sonia:
But a nice Fifi.

Captain Danilo:
How nice?

Sonia:
Not too nice.

Captain Danilo:
Your right eye says yes, and your left eye says no. Fifi, you're cockeyed!

Ambassador Popoff:
Adamovitch.

Adamovitch:
Yes, your excellency?

Ambassador Popoff:
Go to my bedroom. In the cabinet, behind his majesty's picture, is a little brown bottle of poison... Throw it away. It's a protective measure.

Prosecuting Attorney:
Exhibit 2, please. Now, generals of the jury, I will prove with this exhibit...

Defense Attorney:
Your honor, I object! I object to having this witness called an exhibit!

Prosecuting Attorney:
She IS an exhibit!

Defense Attorney:
He's a witness!

Prosecuting Attorney:
She is not!

Defense Attorney:
He is!

Judge:
Objection sustained. From now on, the prosecution will refer to Exhibit #2 as Witness #1.

King Achmet:
Now tell me, if you weren't married... if you weren't my wife, could you fall for Gabrielovitsch?

Queen Dolores:
If I weren't married... if I had it to do over again, and had the choice between you and Gabrielovitsch? Frankly, I'd take you.

Queen Dolores:
That shows you what I think of Gabrielovitsch.

Queen Dolores:
Put Gabrielovitsch and Sienkovitsch together, and what have you got? Gabrielovitsch and Sienkovitsch.

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