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The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe [diː ˈlʊstɪɡə ˈvɪtvə]) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 ...
The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald with a supporting cast featuring Edward Everett Horton , Una Merkel , Sterling Holloway , Donald Meek , Jason Robards Sr. and Akim Tamiroff .
The Merry Widow: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. With Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Marcel Vallée. When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Ernst Lubitsch
- 1934-11-02
Lol-Quadrille 'The Merry Widow', also known by its German title of 'Die lustige Witwe', is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. Based upon Henri Meilhac's 'L'attaché d ...
- 39 min
- 10.9K
- Collins Classics
Lehár’s charming, uplifting comedy The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) plays out in a stream of memorable melodies. This operetta centres on the relationship between the wealthy young widow Hanna and Danilo, who has an appetite for wine and women.
A performance of Franz Lehar's THE MERRY WIDOW in English by the New York City Opera.
- 175 min
- 708.1K
- NewYorkCityOpera
The Merry Widow, comic operetta in three acts by Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (libretto in German by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based upon L’Attaché d’ambassade, a comic play from 1861 by Henri Meilhac, best known as the librettist for Georges Bizet’s Carmen) that premiered at the Theater an der.
