The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a live broadcast of Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” at 11:55 a.m. Jan. 17. An encore performance is at 1 p.m., Jan. 18. The performance is part of “The Met: Live in HD” series of live broadcasts from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House.

The great Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale who captivates all Paris in Lehár’s enchanting operetta, seen in a new staging by Broadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman (“The Producers,” “Oklahoma!,” “Contact”). Stroman and her design team of Julian Crouch and costume designer William Ivey Long have created an art-nouveau setting that climaxes with singing and dancing grisettes at the legendary Maxim’s. Nathan Gunn co-stars as Danilo and Kelli O’Hara is Valencienne. Andrew Davis conducts. Approximate running time 3 hours

Tickets are $24 general admission, $22 senior citizens, $17 for Friends of the Ross, $16 students and children, $6 Nebraska Wesleyan students (with a valid student ID), and $5 for UNL students (with a valid NCard).

For more information, go to http://www.theross.org.