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The Merry Widow review – come for the big tunes, stay for the birthday cement mixer

John Savournin has huge fun transplanting Lehár’s fictional Balkan Neverland to mafioso Manhattan in a hyperactive production

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025

The week in classical: The Merry Widow; Aldeburgh festival – review

Thomas Allen steals a witty, sparkling new production of Léhar’s masterpiece, and a cosmic world premiere from Judith Weir lives up to her star billing

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024

The Merry Widow review – De Niese and Olvera are compelling, but camp fun stifles subtlety

Double entendres, extra dialogue and sight gags ensure that Cal McCrystal’s new staging entertains, but it’s at the expense of emotional power. In the pit, John Wilson is superlative, likewise Germán Olvera’s charismatic Danilo

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024