Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Merry Widow, The (1987) Rating: Starring: Karen Kain, John Meehan, Yoko Ichino, Raymond Smith Director: Category: Musical, Musical Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: Length: 87 mins     The National Ballet Of Canada This special studio recording of The Merry Widow is set to the music of the popular operetta by Franz Lehar, whose intricate tale of love affairs and diplomatic intrigue in turn-of-the-century Paris has been transformed into a sumptuous ballet. Australian dancer John Meehan excels as Count Danilo, ordered to marry into the fortunes of the recently widowed Hanna Glawari, danced superbly by Canadian prima ballerina Karen Kain.