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Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (1905)

Libretto: Leo Stein, Victor Léon
Franz Welser-Möst, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alison Duguid (Mezzo Soprano), Anna O'Byrne (Soprano), Christopher Parke (Baritone), Dirk Bogarde (Speaker), Elzbieta Szmytka (Soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano), Howard Quilla Croft (Baritone), Joanna Campion (Mezzo Soprano), John Aler (Tenor), Kurt Azesberger (Tenor), Michelle Walton (Soprano), Paula O'Sullivan (Soprano), Philippa Daly (Soprano), Robert Poulton (Baritone), Rudolf Schasching (Tenor), Stuart MacIntyre (Baritone), Thomas Hampson (Bass-baritone)
1993, London, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
33 Tracks, 1:37:54

  • Act I

    • 1. Introduction. "Verehrteste Damen und Herren"
      02:52
    • 2. Narration. "You are looking at a man with no axe to grind"
      03:15
    • 3. Duet. "So kommen Sie"
      04:10
    • 4. Narration. "How is your German, by the way?"
      03:37
    • 5. Entrance Song. "Bitte, meine Herr'n"
      03:43
    • 6. Narration. "Before you could say joint bank account..."
      01:28
    • 7. Song. "O Vaterland"
      02:37
    • 8. Narration. "After which he had forty winks on a sofa"
      01:44
    • 9. Charms of Domestic Life. "Ja was? Ein trautes Zimmerlein"
      02:48
    • 10. Narration. "At this point, Kromow has found the fan"
      02:53
    • 11. Ball Music. Finale. "Damenwahl!"
      02:51
    • 12. "Oh kommet doch, oh kommt..."
      02:48
    • 13. "Der junge Mann tanzt Polka"
      04:44

  • Act II

    • 1. Intoduction and Dance. "Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen" – Vilja Song. "Es lebt eine Vilja"
      06:21
    • 2. Narration. "Whenever I hear that sound, I'm carried back to that summer evening"
      02:22
    • 3. The Stupid Rider Song. "Heia, Mädel, aufgeschaut"
      03:14
    • 4. Narration. "You remember the fan?"
      02:05
    • 5. March-Septet. "Wie die Weiber man behandelt?"
      05:54
    • 6. Narration. "Those were the days when women in Paris were only good for two things..."
      01:48
    • 7. Duet. "Mein Freund, Vernunft!" – Romance. "Wie eine Rosenknospe"
      06:25
    • 8. Narration. "Briefly Valencienne and Camille entered the summer house"
      01:59
    • 9. Finale. "Ha! Ha! Wir fragen was man von uns will?"
      03:20
    • 10. Narration. "Have you got the picture?"
      00:33
    • 11. "Den Herrschaften hab'ich was zu erzahlen!"
      02:41
    • 12. "Ganz nach Pariser Art!"
      02:31
    • 13. "Es waren zwei Königskinder"
      03:42
    • 14. Narration. "As we go into extra-time..."
      01:27

  • Act III

    • 1. Dance Scene
      00:54
    • 2. Song of the Grisettes. "Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten"
      03:17
    • 3. Narration. "Pontevedrian high society, it seemed, was determined to go out in a blaze of glory and frilly underwear"
      01:55
    • 4. Duet. "Lippen schweigen"
      03:35
    • 5. Narration. "As the Pontevedrian proverb has it..."
      03:01
    • 6. Closing Song. "Ja, das Stadium der Weiber ist schwerz"
      01:20