Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (1905)
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
Act I
- 02:521. Introduction. "Verehrteste Damen und Herren"
- 03:152. Narration. "You are looking at a man with no axe to grind"
- 04:103. Duet. "So kommen Sie"
- 03:374. Narration. "How is your German, by the way?"
- 03:435. Entrance Song. "Bitte, meine Herr'n"
- 01:286. Narration. "Before you could say joint bank account..."
- 02:377. Song. "O Vaterland"
- 01:448. Narration. "After which he had forty winks on a sofa"
- 02:489. Charms of Domestic Life. "Ja was? Ein trautes Zimmerlein"
- 02:5310. Narration. "At this point, Kromow has found the fan"
- 02:5111. Ball Music. Finale. "Damenwahl!"
- 02:4812. "Oh kommet doch, oh kommt..."
- 04:4413. "Der junge Mann tanzt Polka"
Act II
- 06:211. Intoduction and Dance. "Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen" – Vilja Song. "Es lebt eine Vilja"
- 02:222. Narration. "Whenever I hear that sound, I'm carried back to that summer evening"
- 03:143. The Stupid Rider Song. "Heia, Mädel, aufgeschaut"
- 02:054. Narration. "You remember the fan?"
- 05:545. March-Septet. "Wie die Weiber man behandelt?"
- 01:486. Narration. "Those were the days when women in Paris were only good for two things..."
- 06:257. Duet. "Mein Freund, Vernunft!" – Romance. "Wie eine Rosenknospe"
- 01:598. Narration. "Briefly Valencienne and Camille entered the summer house"
- 03:209. Finale. "Ha! Ha! Wir fragen was man von uns will?"
- 00:3310. Narration. "Have you got the picture?"
- 02:4111. "Den Herrschaften hab'ich was zu erzahlen!"
- 02:3112. "Ganz nach Pariser Art!"
- 03:4213. "Es waren zwei Königskinder"
- 01:2714. Narration. "As we go into extra-time..."
Act III
- 00:541. Dance Scene
- 03:172. Song of the Grisettes. "Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten"
- 01:553. Narration. "Pontevedrian high society, it seemed, was determined to go out in a blaze of glory and frilly underwear"
- 03:354. Duet. "Lippen schweigen"
- 03:015. Narration. "As the Pontevedrian proverb has it..."
- 01:206. Closing Song. "Ja, das Stadium der Weiber ist schwerz"
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All recordings of "Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (1905)"
- Herbert von Karajan, Carol Pritchett, Elizabeth Harwood, Teresa Stratas, Mechthild Gessendorf, Kaja Borris, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker1972, Berlin, Jesus Christ Church, Berlin
- Rudolf Neuhaus, Eberhard Büchner, Harald Neukirch, Ingeborg Wenglor, Jutta Vulpius, Martin Ritzmann, Dresdner Philharmonie, Rundfunkchor Leipzig℗ 1971
- Franz Welser-Möst, Alison Duguid, Anna O'Byrne, Christopher Parke, Dirk Bogarde, Elzbieta Szmytka, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra1993, London, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
- Otto Ackermann, Rudolf Kempe, André von Mattoni, Anton Niessner, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Emmy Loose, Erich Kunz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden℗ 2001
- Otto Ackermann, Rudolf Kempe, André von Mattoni, Anton Niessner, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Emmy Loose, Erich Kunz, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Philharmonia Chorus℗ 2001
- Joana Mallwitz, Barnaby Rea, Theo Lebow, Gordon Bintner, Franz Mayer, Dietrich Volle, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester2018, Frankfurt, Oper Frankfurt
- Robert Stolz, Benno Kusche, Margit Schramm, Rudolf Schock, Claudio Nicolai℗ 1967
- Herbert von Karajan, Elizabeth Harwood, Teresa Stratas, Donald Grobe, Werner Hollweg, Zoltán Kelemen, Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin℗ 1973
- Franz Marszalek, Benno Kusche, Ingeborg Hallstein, Heinz Hoppe, Lucia Popp, Großes Operettenorchester
- Willy Mattes, Anneliese Rothenberger, Erika Köth, Nicolai Gedda, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks℗ 1987
- Lovro von Matačić, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Waechter, Josef Knapp, Nicolai Gedda, Hanny Steffek, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus℗ 2000
- Heinz Wallberg, Edda Moser, Helen Donath, Hermann Prey, Siegfried Jerusalem, Benno Kusche, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester℗ 1989
- Helmuth Froschauer, Juan José Lopera, Pamela Coburn, Michael Heltau, Karl Fath, Katharina Richter, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester1997 - 1997, Köln, Funkhaus Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal Germany
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bryn Terfel, Barbara Bonney, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, Uwe Peper, Heinz Zednik, Wiener Philharmoniker, Monteverdi Choir℗ 1994
- Rudolf Bibl, Alfred Šramek, Margarita de Arellano, Mathias Hausmann, Birgid Steinberger, Marwan Shamiyeh, Orchester der Seefestspiele Mörbisch, Chor der Seefestspiele MörbischFebruary 2005, Eisenstadt, Kulturzentrum Eisenstadt