The Merry Widow > Studio Cast (Joan Sutherland)

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: 1978
Type: Audio / Studio Cast
Language: English
Producer: Andrew Cornall (5)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge (42)
Performer: John Brecknock (2) — Camille de Rosillon,
Francis Egerton (4) — Raoul,
Graeme Ewer (9) — Njegus,
John Fryatt (8) — Cascada,
Werner Krenn (7) — Count Danilo,
Valerie Masterson (61) — Valencienne,
Regina Resnik (12) — Zo-Zo,
Joan Sutherland (34) — Hanna Glawari
Notes: Recorded August 1977 and April 1978.
Shortcode: [r19180]

Releases (3)

Title: Opera Gala
Format: 20-CD
Label: Decca Eloquence 4841398
Release Date: 2020-11-20
Country: Australia
UPC / EAN: 0028948413980
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Also Contains: Countess Maritza - 1958 Austrian Cast
Le Toréador - 1996 Studio Cast
Lists: 1 collector / 1 wish list
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl68776]

Format: CD
Label: Decca Eloquence 461 315-2
Release Date: 2002-01-28
Country: Australia
UPC / EAN: 028946131527
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# Tracks: 14
Lists: 3 collectors / 0 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl28424]

1. 1. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Overture
2. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 1. Introduction... Duet. A highly respectable wife... Look, now's our chance
3. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 1. Anna's entrance - Gentlemen, no more
4. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 1. Solo - I'm off to Chez Maxime... my very heave Fatherland
5. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 1. Duet - Proceed. One girl has almond eyes
6. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 1. Finale 1 - Ladies' choice! Did you hear the welcome voice?
7. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 2. Vilja song - Let's all now waken memories
8. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 2. Duet - Such a silly soldier boy... Heija! See the calvary
9. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 2. Romanza - Love in my heart was dying
10. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 2. Finale 2 - This march should last at least a year
11. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 2. The Cake Walk
12. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 2. Njegus' Aria - I was born by cruel fate
13. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 2. Cancan - We're the famous Maxime playgirls
14. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act 2. Duet - Love unspoken, Faith unbroken