Robert Orth delighted audiences and critics and won Seattle Opera’s Artist of the Year Award for his portrayal of Count Danilo Danilovitch in Seattle Opera's only production of this charming Viennese operetta.

Ashley Putnam (Hanna Glawari) in Lehár’s The Merry Widow, 1993 © Rocky Salskov

Ashley Putnam (Hanna Glawari) in Lehár’s The Merry Widow, 1993 © Rocky Salskov

Lehár’s The Merry Widow, 1993 © Rocky Salskov

Lehár’s The Merry Widow, 1993 © Rocky Salskov

Karol Hansen (Valencienne) and Gran Wilson (Camille de Rosillon) in Lehár’s The Merry Widow, 1993 © Rocky Salskov

Ashley Putnam (Hanna Glawari) and Robert Orth (Count Danilo Danilovitch) in Lehár’s The Merry Widow, 1993 © Greg Eastman