Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
Cheryl Studer (Hanna Glawari), Barbara Bonney (Valencienne), Bryn Terfel (Baron Mirko Zeta), Boje Skovhus (Danilo Danilowitsch), Rainer Trost (Camille de Rosillon), Heinz Zednik (Njegus)
The Monteverdi Choir, Vienna Philharmonic, John Eliot Gardiner
This is a truly great operetta interpretation.
Gardiner's approach is on an altogether more inspired plane than his rivals. In the Viennese rhythms, he shows himself utterly at home – as in the... — More…
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Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Overture
- Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Philip Salmon (tenor), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Angela Kazimierczuk (soprano), Rainer Trost (tenor), Lynette Alcantara (alto), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Constanze Backes (soprano), Uwe Peper (tenor), Karl Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1994-01
- Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien
Overture
Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1
- Bo Skovhus (baritone), Bo Skovhus (speaker), Barbara Bonney (speaker), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Uwe Peper (speaker), Bryn Terfel (speaker), Heinz Zednik (speaker), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Cheryl Studer (speaker), Karl Magnus Fredriksson (baritone), Rainer Trost (tenor), Uwe Peper (tenor), Rainer Trost (speaker), Heinz Zednik (tenor)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Tschuschenkapelle, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1994-01
- Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien
"Camille, ich muß mit Ihnen sprechen"
"So kommen Sie! 's ist niemand hier!"
"Nun, Njegus, haben Sie meine Botschaft überbracht?"
Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2
- Barbara Bonney (soprano), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Heinz Zednik (speaker), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Bryn Terfel (speaker), Bo Skovhus (speaker), Uwe Peper (tenor), Cheryl Studer (speaker), Karl Magnus Fredriksson (baritone), Rainer Trost (tenor), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Philip Salmon (tenor), Richard Savage (bass (vocal)), Julian Clarkson (bass (vocal)), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Angela Kazimierczuk (soprano), Constanze Backes (soprano), Lynette Alcantara (alto)
- Monteverdi Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1994-01
- Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien
"Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen" - "Es lebt' eine Vilja"
"Gospodina, dieses vaterländische Fest..."
"Heia, Mädel, aufgeschaut"
Lehár: Die lustige Witwe / Act III
- Heinz Zednik (speaker), Bo Skovhus (speaker), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Cheryl Studer (speaker), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Barbara Bonney (speaker), Bryn Terfel (speaker), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Philip Salmon (tenor), Richard Savage (bass (vocal)), Julian Clarkson (bass (vocal)), Nicola Jenkin (soprano), Suzanne Flowers (soprano), Donna Deam (soprano), Angela Kazimierczuk (soprano), Constanze Backes (soprano), Lucinda Houghton (soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1994-01
- Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien
"Also, also, also"
Tanzszene
"Graf Dailowitsch.." - "Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten"