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Franz Lehár was an Austro-Hungarian composer of operettas, such as The Merry Widow and The Land of Smiles. He also wrote waltzes, symphonic poems and marches, and had a complex relationship with the Nazi regime.
Learn about Franz Lehár, who created a new style of Viennese operetta with waltz tunes and satire. Find out his notable works, such as The Merry Widow, and his biography.
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Franz Lehár brought both huge popularity and a new respect to the world of operetta - and gave us 'The Merry Widow'.
A comprehensive list of the works of the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (1870–1948), who wrote popular operettas such as The Merry Widow and The Land of Smiles. See the titles, genres, librettists, premiere dates and venues of his operas and operettas.
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 ...
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 ...
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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.
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