The Merry Widow > Studio Cast (Dorothy Kirsten)

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Die lustige Witwe (99)

Music

Franz Lehár (116)

Lyrics

Viktor Léon (7), Leo Stein (18)

Book

Viktor Léon (7), Leo Stein (18)

Recording Details

Date

1952

Type

Audio / Studio Cast

Method

Studio

Language

English

Translation

Adrian Ross (38)

Producer

Goddard Lieberson (90)

Conductor

Lehman Engel (116)

Music Director

Lehman Engel (116)

Performer

Betty Bartley, Wesley Dalton (3), Clifford Harvuot (8), Dorothy Kirsten (49), Robert Rounseville (15), Genevieve Warner (2)

Notes

Every release of this album has named tracks 9 and 10 "Duet." Track 9 is an almost entirely instrumental recording of The Merry Widow Waltz, with Kirsten and Rounseville humming along. Track 10 is clearly Red As The Rose.

Shortcode

[r5775]

Releases

Format

Audio File

Label

Naxos Classical Archives 9.80529

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Notes

Complete in 3 tracks.

# Tracks

3

Length

1:02:24

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History

1 Revisions

Shortcode

[rl35857]

1. Act I: Opening chorus - A dutiful wife - In Marsovia - Maxim's - Finale to Act I - 24:40
2. Act II: Opening chorus - Vilia - Duet: The Cavalier - March - Septet: Women - Duets - Romance. Love to my heart - Finale to Act II - 33:20
3. Act III: The Girls at Maxim's - Valse Duet: I love you so - Finale - 4:37