CortinAteatro in collaboration with Cortina d’Ampezzo will present Lehàr’s “The Merry Widow.”

The operetta will be performed on August 17 at the Alexander Girardi Hall in Cortina d’Ampezzo in a new translation by Corrado Abbati.

The operetta will star baritone Fabrizio Macciantelli, soprano Mariska Bordoni, and tenor Davide Zaccherini while Alberto Orlandi will conduct the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta. The evening will also showcase the ballet from Parma, a company founded by Lucia Giuffrida and Francesco Frola.

The production by InScena Art Design will be directed by Francesco Frola.

CortinAteatro is supported by the Ministero della Cultura, dalla Regione Veneto, and RetEventi Provincia di Belluno.