London and the World
With Donald Macleod. In London, the success of The Merry Widow was assured by the genius of theatre director George Edwardes, who understood what an English audience would want.
In London the success of Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow" was assured by the genius of theatre director George Edwardes. He understood what an English audience would want and cast the operetta accordingly. It went down a storm, moving to New York, where it caught on like wildfire. Lehar's only problem was how to create anything better. Presented by Donald Macleod.
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Franz Lehár
The Merry widow - Act 1: So kommen Sie's ist niemand hier!
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Rainer TROST - Tenor (Camille), Barbara BONNEY - Soprano (Valencienne)
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 439911 2.
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Franz Lehár
The Merry widow - Act 2: Introduction, Tanz and Vilja-Lied
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: MONTEVERDI CHOIR, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Cheryl STUDER - Soprano (Hanna)
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 439911 2.
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Franz Lehár
The Merry widow - Act 3: Ja, wir sin des, die Grisetten
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Angela KAZIMIERCZUK - Soprano (Jou-Jou), Barbara BONNEY - Soprano (Valencienne), Constanze BACKES - Soprano (Dodo), Donna DEAM - Soprano (Frou-Frou), Lucinda HOUGHTON - Soprano (Lolo), Nicola JENKIN - Soprano (Margot), Suzanne FLOWERS - Soprano (Clo-Clo)
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 439911 2.
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Franz Lehár
The Merry widow - Act 3: Lippen schweigen
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Boje SKOVHUS - Bass (Danielo), Cheryl STUDER - Soprano (Hanna)
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 439911 2.
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Franz Lehár
The Count of Luxembourg - End of Act 1: no. 7 Heut' noch wed'ich Ehefrau - Unbekannt, desh
Conductor: Willy MATTES Performer: BAVARIAN STATE OPERA CHORUS, GRAUNKE Symphony Orchestra, Lucia POPP - Soprano (Angele), Hans Gunther GRIMM - Baritone (Mentschikoff), Kurt BOHME - Bass (Basil), Nicolai GEDDA - Tenor (Rene), Renate HOLM - Soprano (Juliette), Willi BROKMEIER - Tenor (Pawolowitsch), Wolfgang ANHEISSER - Baritone (Pelegrin)
- EMI.
- CMS5563752.
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Franz Lehár
Zigeunerliebe - Act 2: Finale II
Conductor: Frank BEERMANN Performer: NORTH GERMAN RADIO PHIL. ORCHESTRA, NORTH GERMAN RADIO CHOIR, Andreas HORL - Bass (Mihaly), Bernhard SCHNEIDER - Tenor (Jonel), Dagmar SCHELLENBERGER - Soprano (Ilona), Johanna STOJKOVIC - Soprano (Zorika), Ksenija Lukic - Soprano (Jolan), Markus Kohler - Baritone (Dragotin), Stefan-Alexander Rankl - Tenor (Kajetan), Zoran TODOROVICH - Tenor (Jozsi)
- CPO.
- 999 842-2.
Broadcast
- Wed 28 Dec 201112:00BBC Radio 3
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