High-society scheming and romance mark Houston Ballet’s Merry Widow


The Houston Ballet gifts dance lovers with a very merry spring as they revive acclaimed choreographer Ronald Hynd’s joyous, romantic ballet, The Merry Widow. Based on the famous 1905 operetta by Franz Lehar, this story ballet tells a comic tale of high society hijinks, romance, and scheming match-making that makes for glorious dance. A gaggle of royals attempt to save their bankrupt duchy Pontevedro by reuniting a wealthy widow with the duke she once loved…

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