Classical Music Datebook: December 30
The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) is an operetta, a romantic musical comedy by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar. The librettists, Victor Leon and Leo Stein, based the story about a rich widow, Hanna Glawari, and her attempt to find a husband, on an 1861 comedy play, L'attache d'ambassade (The Ambassador's Attache) by Henri Meilhac.
It was first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 30 December 1905 and had several very successful productions in Austria and Germany. In its English adaptation by Basil Hood, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, the show became a sensation in London in 1907 and opened a few months later on Broadway for a very successful run. Thereafter, it was played frequently in America and throughout the English speaking world.
Lehar's "The Merry Widow" premiered December 30, 1905, in Vienna, Austria.
The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) is an operetta, a romantic musical comedy by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar. The librettists, Victor Leon and Leo Stein, based the story about a rich widow, Hanna Glawari, and her attempt to find a husband, on an 1861 comedy play, L'attache d'ambassade (The Ambassador's Attache) by Henri Meilhac.
It was first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 30 December 1905 and had several very successful productions in Austria and Germany. In its English adaptation by Basil Hood, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, the show became a sensation in London in 1907 and opened a few months later on Broadway for a very successful run. Thereafter, it was played frequently in America and throughout the English speaking world.
Operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden.
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
(Note: Apology I can't embed the videos due to copyright reasons. YouTube, uploaded by EuroArtsChannel. Accessed December 30, 2022.
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