The Merry Widow

Operetta · German · 1905

Music: Franz Lehár

Libretto: Victor Léon and Leo Stein

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The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) is an operetta by Franz Lehár, first performed in Vienna in 1905. It follows a wealthy widow from the fictional Balkan state of Pontevedro and the efforts to keep her fortune in the country by arranging her marriage.

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