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Franz Lehár (/ ˈ l eɪ h ɑːr / LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc [ˈlɛhaːr ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas , of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow ( Die lustige Witwe ).
Apr 30, 2024 · Franz Lehár was a Hungarian composer of operettas who achieved worldwide success with Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow). He studied at the Prague Conservatory. Encouraged by Antonín Dvořák to follow a musical career, Lehár traveled in Austria as a bandmaster from 1890.
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This is a complete list of the operas and operettas of the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (1870–1948).
Franz Lehár: meet the composer behind one of the most popular operas ever, The Merry Widow - Classical Music. Franz Lehár brought both huge popularity and a new respect to the world of operetta - and gave us 'The Merry Widow'.
Sep 27, 2023 · Franz Lehár (born Komáron, Hungary 30 April 1870 ; died Bad Ischl 24 October 1948 ) The Austro-Hungarian composer and conductor Franz Lehár was the leading composer of operetta in the twentieth century, and responsible for giving the genre renewed vitality.
- April 30, 1870
- October 24, 1948
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 ...
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The Merry Widow, comic operetta in three acts by Hungarian composer Franz Lehár ( libretto in German by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based upon L’Attaché d’ambassade, a comic play from 1861 by Henri Meilhac, best known as the librettist for Georges Bizet ’s Carmen) that premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on December 30, 1905.
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