Review of The Merry Widow (1926) by Craig Mathieson for The Sunday Age — 27 Jan 2017
Franz Lehar's opera is transformed by von Stroheim into a work of comic rivalry punctuated by a reductive male gaze, bursts of skittering violence, and eventual redemption.
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This review of The Merry Widow (1926) was written by Craig Mathieson and published by The Sunday Age on 27 Jan 2017.
The Merry Widow has generally received positive reviews.
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