Opera Cheat Sheet: The Merry Widow
Update: 2016-06-17
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In this week’s OCS, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra introduce you to Franz Lehár’s operetta The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) which premiered in Vienna in 1905.Redolent of another famous Viennese operetta, Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow is a story of balls, flirtations, crude diplomacy and a fan.Tune in Saturday at noon to Houston Public Media Classical for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s broadcast... Read More
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