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LEHAR, FRANZ  BIOGRAPHY

(1870 - 1948)

The reputation of Franz Lehár as a composer of operetta is assured. The son of a bandmaster serving principally in Hungary, he followed his father's profession, before winning, in 1902, success in the theatre in Vienna, where he succeeded in the following years in reviving the operetta, providing music of greater distinction, with tenor arias written specifically for Richard Tauber.

Operettas

Lehár wrote nearly forty operettas. Of these by the far the best known is Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), first staged in Vienna in 1905, the favourite operetta of Adolf Hitler.

Orchestral Music

Lehár also made a significant contribution to Viennese light music with some 65 waltzes and 50 or more marches.


 
Albums featuring this composer are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
A NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 8.571097 Orchestral
OPERA FAVOURITES (Opera Australia) (NTSC) OAF4020D Classical Concert
OPERETTA HIGHLIGHTS 8.571083 Opera, Operetta
STRAUSS II / LEHAR / TCHAIKOVSKY: Great Waltzes 8.571076 Orchestral
ULTIMATE VOCAL COLLECTION (THE) 8.120863-64 Nostalgia
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies 8.508004 Orchestral
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 2 8.550942 Operetta
BJORLING, Jussi: Bjorling Collection, Vol. 1: Opera and Operetta Recordings (1930-1938) 8.110722 Operetta
CAPRICER MED OD, Vol. 3 (1976-1981) BIS-NL-CD-5022 Choral - Secular
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten) 8.503129 Operetta
CROOKS, Richard: Neapolitan Love Song (1924-1933) 8.120639 Nostalgia
DANSKE REVY (DEN): 1900-1910, Vol. 1 (Revy 1) DCCD 9801 Vocal
GREAT OPERA ARIAS - A Gala Concert from the Royal Opera House, 1996 (Domingo, Alagna, Gheorghiu) (NTSC) OAR3109D Classical Concert
LEHAR, F.: Lustige Witwe (Die) (The Merry Widow) (Semperoper Dresden, 2007) (NTSC) 2056818 Opera DVD
LEHAR, F.: Merry Widow (The) [Operetta] C60077-2 Operetta
LEHAR, F.: Merry Widow (The) [Operetta] (Sung in English) (Highlights) (1952) 9.80529 Operetta
LEHAR, F.: Vocal Music (Froschauer) C10867 Vocal, Operetta
LEHAR, F.: Zigeunerliebe (Groh, Seegers, Dobrindt) (1950) 9.80744-45 Operetta
Majestic Marches 8.550370 Orchestral
MELCHIOR, Lauritz: American Recordings (1946-47) 8.111239 Operetta
MEMORIES OF OLD VIENNA THEATRE (Gueden) (1954) 9.80285 Choral - Secular
OPERA NIGHT (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2007) (PAL) 101455 Classical Concert
PANDA CLASSICS - Issue Nos. 1-3 (3CD box set) 8.503204 Orchestral
SCHMIDT, Joseph: Arias and Songs (1929-36) 8.111318-19 Operetta
SPRING IN VIENNA - STRAUSS II, / LEHAR, F. / STOLZ, R. / KREISLER, F. / SUPPE, F. von C49152-1 Orchestral, Operetta
STARS of the GOLDEN ERA 8.120754-55 Nostalgia
LEHAR: Land des Lachelns (Das) (Ackermann, Schwarzkopf) (1953) and excerpts from Lehar Operettas 8.111016-17 Opera, Operetta
LEHAR: Le comte de Luxembourg / Frederique / Giuditta (excerpts) (ORTF, Sibert) (1966-1980) 8.111010 Opera, Operetta
LEHAR: Lehar Conducts Lehar (1947) 8.110857 Orchestral
LEHAR: Lustige Witwe (Die) (NTSC) 100451 Opera DVD
LEHAR: Merry Widow (The) (Schwartzkopf, Kunz, Gedda) (1953) 8.111007 Operetta
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 1 8.550941 Operetta
BEST OF OPERETTA, VOL. 1 8.570049 Operetta
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 3 8.550943 Operetta
Romantic Broadway 8.990043 Orchestral
TAUBER, Richard: Operetta Arias (1921-1932) 8.110779 Operetta
Viennese Favourites, Vol. 1 8.553281 Orchestral
VERDI: Traviata (La) (La Scala) (1928) 8.110110-11 Film and TV Music
BEST OF JOAN SUTHERLAND (THE) (NTSC) OAF4007D Classical Concert
MARTINEZ, Ana Maria: SOPRANO SONGS AND ARIAS 8.557827 Operetta
NISHIZAKI, Takako: Fritz Kreisler Edition, Vol. 10 8.557876 Chamber Music
VIENNESE OPERETTA GEMS (1927-1949) 8.110292 Operetta
TASTE OF THE ARTS, VOL. 3 (NTSC) OA0211D Classical Concert
TAUBER, Richard: 18 Favourites (1927-1939) 8.120513 Nostalgia
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 5 8.550168 Instrumental
THE MAIDEN'S PRAYER AND OTHER PIANO 8.550646DX Instrumental
LEANDER, Zarah: Vill ni se en stjarna? - 20 Original Recordings (1931-1954) 8.120806 Nostalgia
TAUBER, Richard: Love's Serenade (1939-1947) 8.120752 Nostalgia




 
 
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