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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...
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Contents

Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Overture

Work length2:52
$0.85
$1.15
  • 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

Track length2:52
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Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1

Work length25:30
$7.65
$10.35
  • 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"

Track length0:44
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"So kommen Sie! 's ist niemand hier!"

Track length4:05
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"Nun, Njegus, haben Sie meine Botschaft überbracht?"

Track length0:36
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"Was hat das zu bedeuten?" - "Bitte meine Herr'n" - "Hab' in Paris mich noch nicht ganz so akklimasiert"

Track length3:19
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"Camille!" - "Ja?"

Track length0:34
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"Also Njegus, hier bin ich und wo ist das Vaterland?" - "O Vaterland"

Track length2:13
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"Habe schon die vierte Nacht nicht geschlafen!"

Track length1:29
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"Ich bitte Sie.." - "Ja, was?" - Ein trautes Zimmerlein

Track length2:26
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"Also, lieber Graf.." - "Damenwahl! Hört man rufen rings im Saal!"

Track length10:04
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Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2

Work length40:39
$6.80
$9.20
  • 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"

Track length9:30
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"Gospodina, dieses vaterländische Fest..."

Track length0:49
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"Heia, Mädel, aufgeschaut"

Track length2:43
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"Wir werden uns noch schlagen um die Witwe" - "Wie die Weiber man behandelt"

Track length3:06
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"Mein tapferer Reitersmann" - "So wie die Dinge sich entwickeln"

Track length5:17
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"Nein, nein, nein" - "Mein Freund! Vernunft!" - "Wie eine Rosenknospe"

Track length6:33
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"Ah, die Baronin und der Herr Rosillon"

Track length1:08
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"Ha!Ha!" - "Wir fragen, was man von uns will!"

Track length11:33
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Lehár: Die lustige Witwe / Act III

Work length10:31
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  • 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"

Track length0:35
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Tanzszene

Track length0:53
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"Graf Dailowitsch.." - "Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten"

Track length3:01
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"Exzellenz, Exzellenz, Graf, eine Expreßdepesche!"

Track length1:03
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"Aber dort bin ich zu Hause.." Lippen schweigen

Track length2:59
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"Exzellenz! Exzellenz! Diesen Fächer hat man im Pavillon gefunden!"

Track length1:24
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"Ja, das Studium der Weiber ist schwer"

Track length0:36
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