The Merry Widow (German:Die lustige Witwe) 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 Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac.
The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and continues to be frequently revived and recorded. Film and other adaptations have also been made. Well-known music from the score includes the "Vilja Song", "Da geh' ich zu Maxim" ("You'll Find Me at Maxim's"), and the "Merry Widow Waltz".
Franz Lehár - The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) "The Queen of Operattas" | Act 1
1st act of the operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerlich - Baron Mirko Zeta
Lydia Teuscher - Valencienne
Bo Skovhus - Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Petra-Maria Schnitzer - Anna Blawari
Jérôme Savary - stage director
Manfred Honeck - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
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Franz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre,...
published: 20 Nov 2018
Franz Lehar. Die Lustige Witwe (Herbert von Karajan) 1972
Elizabeth Harwood (Hanna Glawari)
Rene Kollo (Graf Danilo Danilowitsch)
Zoltan Kelemen (Baron Mirko Zeta)
Teresa Stratas (Valencienne)
Werner Hollweg (Camille de Rosillon)
Donald Grobe (Vicomte Cascada)
Werner Krenn (Raoul de St. Brioche)
Karl Renar (Njegus)
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Herbert von Karajan. Berliner Philharmoniker
published: 18 Oct 2018
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Franz Lehár - The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) "The Queen of Operattas" | Act 2
2nd act of the Operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerlich - Baron Mirko Zeta
Lydia Teuscher - Valencienne
Bo Skovhus - Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Petra-Maria Schnitzer - Anna Blawari
Jérôme Savary - stage director
Manfred Honeck - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
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Franz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre 20...
published: 22 Nov 2018
Franz Lehár "Die lustige Witwe" Querschnitt 1963
Querschnitt durch die Operette "Die lustige Witwe"
von Franz Lehár
Franz Fehringer
Herta Talmar
Rita Bartos
Sandor Kónya
Chor & Grosses Operettenorchester
Dirigent: Franz Marszalek
Introduktion - Da geh`ich zu Maxim
Gar oft hab`ich`s gehört
Ballsirenen-Walzer
Ich bin eine anständ`ge Frau
Dummer, dummer Reitersmann
Ballmusik-Weibermarsch
Es lebt eine Vilja
Ja, so sind wir Grisetten-Ballmusik
Es waren zwei Königskinder
Komm in den kleinen Pavillon
Lippen schweigen
Das hat Rasse
1st act of the operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerli...
1st act of the operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerlich - Baron Mirko Zeta
Lydia Teuscher - Valencienne
Bo Skovhus - Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Petra-Maria Schnitzer - Anna Blawari
Jérôme Savary - stage director
Manfred Honeck - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Click here to watch the Acts II and III: https://goo.gl/taMfj6
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Franz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre, 2005) the singers appeared to be having as much fun as the audience. The Austrian Maestro Manfred Honeck presents his musical view on this operetta.
1st act of the operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerlich - Baron Mirko Zeta
Lydia Teuscher - Valencienne
Bo Skovhus - Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Petra-Maria Schnitzer - Anna Blawari
Jérôme Savary - stage director
Manfred Honeck - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Click here to watch the Acts II and III: https://goo.gl/taMfj6
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Franz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre, 2005) the singers appeared to be having as much fun as the audience. The Austrian Maestro Manfred Honeck presents his musical view on this operetta.
Elizabeth Harwood (Hanna Glawari)
Rene Kollo (Graf Danilo Danilowitsch)
Zoltan Kelemen (Baron Mirko Zeta)
Teresa Stratas (Valencienne)
Werner Hollweg (Camille de Rosillon)
Donald Grobe (Vicomte Cascada)
Werner Krenn (Raoul de St. Brioche)
Karl Renar (Njegus)
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Herbert von Karajan. Berliner Philharmoniker
Elizabeth Harwood (Hanna Glawari)
Rene Kollo (Graf Danilo Danilowitsch)
Zoltan Kelemen (Baron Mirko Zeta)
Teresa Stratas (Valencienne)
Werner Hollweg (Camille de Rosillon)
Donald Grobe (Vicomte Cascada)
Werner Krenn (Raoul de St. Brioche)
Karl Renar (Njegus)
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Herbert von Karajan. Berliner Philharmoniker
2nd act of the Operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerli...
2nd act of the Operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerlich - Baron Mirko Zeta
Lydia Teuscher - Valencienne
Bo Skovhus - Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Petra-Maria Schnitzer - Anna Blawari
Jérôme Savary - stage director
Manfred Honeck - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Click here to watch the Act III and I: https://goo.gl/taMfj6
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Franz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre 2005), the singers appeared to be having as much fun as the audience. The Austrian Maestro Manfred Honeck presents his musical view on this operetta.
2nd act of the Operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerlich - Baron Mirko Zeta
Lydia Teuscher - Valencienne
Bo Skovhus - Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Petra-Maria Schnitzer - Anna Blawari
Jérôme Savary - stage director
Manfred Honeck - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Click here to watch the Act III and I: https://goo.gl/taMfj6
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Franz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre 2005), the singers appeared to be having as much fun as the audience. The Austrian Maestro Manfred Honeck presents his musical view on this operetta.
Querschnitt durch die Operette "Die lustige Witwe"
von Franz Lehár
Franz Fehringer
Herta Talmar
Rita Bartos
Sandor Kónya
Chor & Grosses Operettenorchester
Dirig...
Querschnitt durch die Operette "Die lustige Witwe"
von Franz Lehár
Franz Fehringer
Herta Talmar
Rita Bartos
Sandor Kónya
Chor & Grosses Operettenorchester
Dirigent: Franz Marszalek
Introduktion - Da geh`ich zu Maxim
Gar oft hab`ich`s gehört
Ballsirenen-Walzer
Ich bin eine anständ`ge Frau
Dummer, dummer Reitersmann
Ballmusik-Weibermarsch
Es lebt eine Vilja
Ja, so sind wir Grisetten-Ballmusik
Es waren zwei Königskinder
Komm in den kleinen Pavillon
Lippen schweigen
Das hat Rasse
Querschnitt durch die Operette "Die lustige Witwe"
von Franz Lehár
Franz Fehringer
Herta Talmar
Rita Bartos
Sandor Kónya
Chor & Grosses Operettenorchester
Dirigent: Franz Marszalek
Introduktion - Da geh`ich zu Maxim
Gar oft hab`ich`s gehört
Ballsirenen-Walzer
Ich bin eine anständ`ge Frau
Dummer, dummer Reitersmann
Ballmusik-Weibermarsch
Es lebt eine Vilja
Ja, so sind wir Grisetten-Ballmusik
Es waren zwei Königskinder
Komm in den kleinen Pavillon
Lippen schweigen
Das hat Rasse
1st act of the operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerlich - Baron Mirko Zeta
Lydia Teuscher - Valencienne
Bo Skovhus - Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Petra-Maria Schnitzer - Anna Blawari
Jérôme Savary - stage director
Manfred Honeck - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Click here to watch the Acts II and III: https://goo.gl/taMfj6
Subscribe to EuroArts: https://goo.gl/jrui3M
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Franz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre, 2005) the singers appeared to be having as much fun as the audience. The Austrian Maestro Manfred Honeck presents his musical view on this operetta.
Elizabeth Harwood (Hanna Glawari)
Rene Kollo (Graf Danilo Danilowitsch)
Zoltan Kelemen (Baron Mirko Zeta)
Teresa Stratas (Valencienne)
Werner Hollweg (Camille de Rosillon)
Donald Grobe (Vicomte Cascada)
Werner Krenn (Raoul de St. Brioche)
Karl Renar (Njegus)
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Herbert von Karajan. Berliner Philharmoniker
2nd act of the Operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden. You can activate English subtitles!
Gunther Emmerlich - Baron Mirko Zeta
Lydia Teuscher - Valencienne
Bo Skovhus - Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Petra-Maria Schnitzer - Anna Blawari
Jérôme Savary - stage director
Manfred Honeck - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Click here to watch the Act III and I: https://goo.gl/taMfj6
Subscribe to EuroArts: https://goo.gl/jrui3M
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Franz Lehár’s “Die Lustige Witwe” is reputed to be one of the most famous operettas in the world. Under the direction of the French Jerome Savary's the “Merry Widow” sparkles. At the first staging of this production at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Octobre 2005), the singers appeared to be having as much fun as the audience. The Austrian Maestro Manfred Honeck presents his musical view on this operetta.
Querschnitt durch die Operette "Die lustige Witwe"
von Franz Lehár
Franz Fehringer
Herta Talmar
Rita Bartos
Sandor Kónya
Chor & Grosses Operettenorchester
Dirigent: Franz Marszalek
Introduktion - Da geh`ich zu Maxim
Gar oft hab`ich`s gehört
Ballsirenen-Walzer
Ich bin eine anständ`ge Frau
Dummer, dummer Reitersmann
Ballmusik-Weibermarsch
Es lebt eine Vilja
Ja, so sind wir Grisetten-Ballmusik
Es waren zwei Königskinder
Komm in den kleinen Pavillon
Lippen schweigen
Das hat Rasse
The Merry Widow (German:Die lustige Witwe) 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 Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac.
The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and continues to be frequently revived and recorded. Film and other adaptations have also been made. Well-known music from the score includes the "Vilja Song", "Da geh' ich zu Maxim" ("You'll Find Me at Maxim's"), and the "Merry Widow Waltz".