The merry widow
By: Franz Lehár
Contributors: Léon, Victor, 1858-1940; Stein, Leo, 1861-1921; Studer, Cheryl; Skovhus, Boje; Bonney, Barbara; Trost, Rainer, 1966-; Terfel, Bryn; Gardiner, John Eliot; Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897; Monteverdi Choir; Wiener Philharmoniker
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Hamburg
Language: ger
Format: [sound recording] /
Subjects: Operas
Work titles: Lustige Witwe
Notes: Compact disc.

Operetta in three acts.

Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein; based on Henri Meilhac's L'attaché d'ambassade.

Program notes and libretto with English translation (84 p.) in container.

Cheryl Studer, Boje Skovhus, Barbara Bonney, Rainer Trost, Bryn Terfel, vocals ; Monteverdi Choir ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.

Recorded at Musikverein, Grosser Saal, Wien, Jan. 1994.

Sung in German.