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Franz Lehár. The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe [diː ˈlʊstɪɡə ˈvɪtvə]) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár.The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade (The ...
Operetta: 3 acts: Julius Bauer: 21 December 1904: Vienna, Theater an der Wien Die lustige Witwe / The Merry Widow: Operetta: 3 acts: Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, after L'attaché d'ambassade by Henri Meilhac: 30 December 1905: Vienna, Theater an der Wien Der Schlüssel zum Paradies (revised version of Der Klavierstimmer) Operetta: 3 acts: Emil ...
The Merry Widow ballet is a 1975 adaptation of Franz Lehár's 1905 romantic operetta The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe). John Lanchbery and Alan Abbott adapted the score of the operetta for ballet and retained the style of Lehár's orchestration.
This is a discography of The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe), an operetta by the Austro–Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. It was first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 30 December 1905. The operetta has been recorded both live and in the studio many times, and several video recordings have been made.
The Merry Widow is a 1952 American film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár.It starred Lana Turner (whose singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Erwin) and Fernando Lamas.
Individual songs from some of the operettas have become standards, notably "Vilja" from The Merry Widow and "You Are My Heart's Delight" ("Dein ist mein ganzes Herz") from The Land of Smiles (Das Land des Lächelns). His most ambitious work, Giuditta in 1934 is closer to opera than to operetta. It contains the ever popular "Meine Lippen, sie ...
After graduating from Beverly Hills High School, White was invited to appear on an experimental television transmission, singing the operetta “The Merry Widow,” in February 1939 — two months ...
Lehar is widely considered the leading operetta composer of the 20th century and his most successful operetta, Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), is one of the classic operettas still in repertory. [22] Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) poster by Franz Lehár. Lehár assisted in leading operetta into the Silver Age of Viennese Operetta.