The Merry Widow > Opera Australia

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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

February 3, 1988

Type

Video / Stage Cast

Language

English

Location

Australia / Sydney

Translation

Christopher Hassall (52)

Producer

Christopher Lawrence, Virginia Lumsden

Conductor

Richard Bonynge (42)

Dance Music

Douglas Gamley (17)

Performer

Anson Austin (5), Jennifer Bermingham (5), David Brennan (2), Irene Cassimatis, Caroline Clack (3), Christopher Dawes (2), Graeme Ewer (9), John Germain (4), Neil Kirkby (5), Anne-Maree McDonald (2), Patrick O'Neil, Rosina Raisbeck (4), Donald Solomon, Ronald Stevens, Lois Strike, Joan Sutherland (34), Jonathan Welch, Gordon Wilcock (2)

Notes

Performed 21-Jan to 23-Feb 1988 at the Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House; interpolates "Love Live Forever" from Lehár's Paganini with English version by A.P. Herbert; first broadcast by Esso Night at the Opera, 13 Nov 1988 on ABC TV (Australian Broadcast Corporation)

Shortcode

[r23444]

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