The Merry Widow
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Veuve joyeuse, Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Glada änkan, Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Vedova allegra, Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Viuda alegre, Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Merry widow, Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Dora, la viuda alegre, Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Glade enke
operetta composed by Franz Lehár, libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein
Wikidata facts
- Composer
- Franz Lehár
- Librettist
- Leo Stein
- Image
- Signe-Harald-HeideSteen-TM.T02984a.jpg
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- Commons category
- Die lustige Witwe
- date of first performance
- 1905-12-30
- inception
- 1904-00-00
- number of parts of this work
- 3
- production date
- 1905-00-00
- language of work or name
- German
- title
- La vedova allegra
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- opera
- native label
- Die lustige Witwe
- different from
- The Merry Widow
- location of first performance
- Theater an der Wien
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Encyclopedic overview
Franz Lehár
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 comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac.
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