Lehár’s delicious comedy of bankruptcy, infidelity, social climbing and the rekindling of romance between two old flames gets a twist of lemon in this zesty co-production from Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte Opera

Lehár’s delicious comedy of bankruptcy, infidelity, social climbing and the rekindling of romance between two old flames receives a new spin in the first of two co-productions between Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte Opera in the 2025 Season. With his family’s finances on the verge of collapse, Zeta must engineer a marriage between the playboy Danilo and Hanna, once considered too low-born to be Danilo’s bride but now a very wealthy and very independent widow. Against a backdrop of lavishly themed parties, spectacular dances, political intrigue and a subplot of brewing romance between Zeta’s wife, Valencienne, and her hapless suitor Camille, Hanna and Danilo begin to fall in love once more, now a little older and a great deal wiser. 

Cast

Paula Sides

Hanna Glawari

Alex Otterburn

Count Danilo

Rhian Lois

Valencienne

William Morgan

Camille

Henry Waddington

Baron Zeta

Connor James Smith

St Brioche

Christopher Nairne

Cascada

Matthew Siveter

Kromow

Amy J Payne

Olga

Jonathan Forbes Kennedy

Bogdanovitch

Francis Church

Pritschitsch

Ellie Neate

Sylviane

Rosie Lavery

Praskowia

Matthew Kellett

Njegus

Creative

Stuart Stratford

Conductor

John Savournin

Director

takis

Designer

Ben Pickersgill

Lighting Designer

Kally Lloyd-Jones

Choreographer

Susannah Wapshott

Chorus Director, Scottish Opera

Anna Castro Grinstein

Associate Conductor (conducting on 25 June)