Philharmonia Orchestra: The Merry Widow

Diese Veranstaltung fand in der Vergangenheit statt

Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, Vereinigtes Königreich

Datum/Zeit in London Zeitzone

Programm

Lehár, Franz (1870-1948)

Die lustige Witwe (sung in English with surtitles)

Darsteller

Philharmonia Orchestra
John Wilson	Musikalische Leitung
Philharmonia Voices
Simon Butteriss	Regie
Claudia Boyle	Sopran	Hanna Glawari
Daniel Prohaska	Tenor	Count Danilo Danilovich
Nicholas Sharratt	Tenor	Camille de Rosillon
Simon Butteriss	Bariton	Baron Mirko Zeta

John Wilson conducts Lehár's unforgettable Merry Widow.

It has been said with some justification that the Silver Age of operetta began on 30 December 1905 with the Viennese premiere of Lehár's The Merry Widow.

This non-stop riot of orchestral colour, irrepressible joi-de-vivre and inspired sequences of unforgettable waltz tunes suited the mood of the times to perfection, from the champagne-cork popping of Habsburg Vienna, to the insatiable bonhomie of pre-Great War Paris and the Edwardian era's obsession with dance music in London.

It swiftly became an international sensation, making the struggling Lehár into a feted celebrity and a multi-millionaire into the bargain!

Plan

The Merry Widow at the Royal Festival Hall

Francesca Geach, 11th December

Franz Lehár’s favourite haunt was Vienna’s Café Sperl, and with the famous Theater an der Wien around the corner, Café Sperl became the meeting place for the operetta crowd around the turn of the 20th century. The Theater an der Wien was the site of the world première of Lehár’s tenth stage work, The Merry Widow, which met its enthusiastic public on 30 December 1905.

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