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Franz Lehár ( / ˈleɪhɑːr / LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc [ˈlɛhaːr ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow ( Die lustige Witwe ).
Franz Lehár was a Hungarian composer of operettas who achieved worldwide success with Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow). He studied at the Prague Conservatory. Encouraged by Antonín Dvořák to follow a musical career, Lehár traveled in Austria as a bandmaster from 1890.
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Franz Lehár brought both huge popularity and a new respect to the world of operetta - and gave us 'The Merry Widow'.
This is a complete list of the operas and operettas of the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (1870–1948).
Franz Lehár (born 30 April 1870; died 24 October 1948) was an Austrian composer of Hungarian descent. He was the leading composer of operettas in the 20th century. He is still one of the most popular composers of light music. His life. Lehár was born in Komáron in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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 ...
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Franz Lehár - The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) "The Queen of Operattas" | Act 1. 1st act of the operetta in three acts with libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein at the Semperoper Dresden ...
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