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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 ...
The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald with a supporting cast featuring Edward Everett Horton , Una Merkel , Sterling Holloway , Donald Meek , Jason Robards Sr. and Akim Tamiroff .
- $1,605,000
- Irving Thalberg, Ernst Lubitsch
The Merry Widow is set in Paris around 1905. Act I: The Petrovenian Embassy. At the Pontevedrian embassy in Paris, a gala party is in progress, yet worry is the mood of the day. The young Pontevedrian widow, Hanna Glawari, has it in her power to bankrupt the nation. If she chooses to marry a Frenchman, Pontevedro will lose her fortune.
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Learn about Lehár's charming, uplifting comedy The Merry Widow, which centres on the romance between Hanna and Danilo. Watch videos, view photos and read the synopsis of the opera's three acts.
The theater administration responded by refusing to invest in the production, and The Merry Widow premiered on December 30, 1905, with decrepit sets and tattered costumes. Yet neither the administration’s sour outlook nor the show’s ratty appearance could diminish The Merry Widow ’s inherent sweetness and sparkle, and the work secured its ...
Learn about the plot, history and music of The Merry Widow, a comic operetta by Franz Lehár based on a French play. Find out how the operetta became a fashion trend and a waltz classic.
