The Metropolitan Opera will be celebrating New Year's Eve with Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow in a new production starring soprano Fleming. But its greatest incarnations have been on film.

The Merry Widow Broadway in 1931 - The Merry Widow Based on <i>L'Attaché d'Ambassade</i> by Henri Meilhac Page 14 ...

The Merry Widow Regional (US) in 1977 - The Merry Widow Based on <i>L'Attaché d'Ambassade</i> by Henri Meilhac Page 62 ...

THE BASICS: THE MERRY WIDOW, a 1905 Viennese light opera/operetta, by Franz Lehár, directed by Lissa Berglund, sung in English, with a fine 8-person pit directed by Ted Smeltz, starring Holly ...

The plot of "The Merry Widow" revolves around the roots of almost all comedy -- love and money. The money belongs to Hanna Glawari, who became the richest woman in Europe upon the death of her ...

There is good reason for the longevity of “Widow:” It is funny, moving and has great music. In the skilled hands of the group widely known as disciples of the Church of Gilbert and Sullivan ...

Franz Lehár’s laugh-out-loud operetta, The Merry Widow, is a work of pure theatrical pleasure: a cocktail of ravishing music, touching romance and madcap comedy. Glyndebourne’s lavish new ...

Scottish Opera’s new co-production of The Merry Widow is set in a New York Mafia family, but all the core elements remain, director John Savournin tells Ken Walton There are certain operas you ...