The Merry Widow > Studio Cast (Dorothy Kirsten)

Show Details

Show: Die lustige Witwe (99)
AKA: Merry Widow, The
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 (4)

Format: CD
Label: DRG 19033
Release Date: 2002-09-24
UPC / EAN: 021471903324
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# Tracks: 15
Lists: 33 collectors / 2 wish lists
History: 4 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl7278]

1.	Opening Chorus
2.	A Dutiful Wife
3.	In Marsovia
4.	Maxim's
5.	Act 1 Finale
6.	Opening Chorus And Song Vilia
7.	The Cavalier
8.	Women
9.	Duet
10.	Duet
11.	Love in My Heart
12.	Act 2 Finale
13.	The Girls At Maxim's
14.	I Love You So
15.	Act 3 Finale

Format: Audio File
Label: Naxos Classical Archives 9.80529
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Notes: Complete in 3 tracks.
# Tracks: 3
Length: 1:02:24
Lists: 1 collector / 0 wish lists
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

Format: LP
Label: Columbia CL 838
Release Date: 1956
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Lists: 4 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl7280]

1. Opening Chorus
2. Duet: A Dutiful Wife
3. Entrance Song and Chorus: In Marsovia
4. Song: Maxim's
5. Finale
6. Opening Chorus And Song Vilia
7. Duet: The Cavalier
8. March-Septet: Women
9. Duet
10. Duet
11. Romance: Love In My Heart
12. Finale
13. Song, Six Girls And Chorus: The Girls At Maxim's
14. Valse Duet: I Love You So
15. Finale