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We visit rehearsals as an extravagant new staging of Lehár’s 1905 operetta comes to Glyndebourne, brought to life by Cal McCrystal and John Wilson with Danielle de Niese in the title roleI didn’t think I knew The Merry Widow until I heard the music and then I found myself going, “Oh – I know this! … I love this! … My grandmother hummed this!’ This music is in all our bones.”Wonderful theatricality … proscenium arches and gold palm trees Continue reading...