Fancy a trip to the Metropolitan Opera (MET) on Saturday? You have no time to get a visa ready and book a ticket to New York you say? Who said anything about New York? Just drive to K-cineplex in Nicosia and enjoy all the magic of the MET by watching a live screening of the opera The Merry Widow.
The opera composed by Franz Lehar, and first staged in 1905, is based on an 1861 comedy play by Henri Meilhac entitled The Embassy Attache, about a rich widow and her countrymen’s attempts to keep her money in the principality by finding the right husband.
The three act opera is set in Paris. It all begins when Baron Zeta, the Ambassador, is figuring out ways to save his country from bankruptcy. One solution is to prevent the rich and beautiful heiress Hanna Glavari, who has inherited twenty million francs from her late husband, from marrying a foreigner.
He has decided that Count Danilo would be the ideal husband and throws a party to bring the two together. But all does not go to plan. Danilo does not arrive at the party and he is nowhere to be found, while Hanna arrives escorted by a crowd of hopeful suitors.
Information
Operatta broadcasted live from the MET. January 17. Rialto Theatre, Limassol, K-cineplex Nicosia and Paphos. 7.55pm. With Greek and English subtitles. €18/13. Tel: +357 77-777745 and +357 77-778383.
