‘Merry Widow’

Guild Hall will present the Met: Live in HD’s broadcast of “The Merry Widow,” an opera by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár, on Jan. 17 at 1 p.m. Premiered in Vienna in 1905, the comic opera concerns a wealthy widow from Ponteverdo, whose citizens fear their country will be bankrupted if she marries a foreigner and takes her money elsewhere.

Renee Fleming stars as the femme fatale who captivates all of Paris in this new staging by Susan Stroman, a noted Broadway director and choreographer. Nathan Gunn and Kelli O’Hara co-star in the production, which will be conducted by Andrew Davis. Tickets are $22, $20 for members, $15 for students.

The Montauk Library is offering patrons and friends an opportunity to see “The Merry Widow” at Guild Hall at a discounted price of $15. Checks payable to “The Montauk Library” are due at the library’s circulation desk by Sunday. Tickets will be distributed in the Guild Hall lobby at 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 17.