"The Merry Widow"

The finale

Njegus (John Peterson) and Baron Zeta (Don Brewer) get together on how to keep the widow's millions in Pontevedria.

The Grisettes mix freely (very freely, in fact) with the guests of Anna, the widow, at her party.

In our last issue we brought readers a preview of the Nelson Operatic Society's 1964 production "The Merry Widow". The show was another tremendous success for the society and packed houses testified to the popularity it enjoyed. Since we were unable to do adequate justice to the production in the last issue because of pressure of time, we attended the final dress rehearsal to take some pix of the cast in their colourful costumes amid the excellent sets.

Valencienne, wife of Baron Zeta (Doreen Connolly), tells her would-be lover Camille De Rosillon (Neil Thompson) that she is a "highly respectable wife".