Fame and Fortune
With Donald Macleod. Lehar arrived in Vienna in November 1899 and quickly established himself as a conductor before becoming director of the prestigious Theater an der Wien.
When Franz Lehar arrived in Vienna on 1st November 1899 he was 29 and had high hopes of making a name for himself. The dashing bandmaster of the 26th Infantry Regiment quickly established himself as a conductor, before being snapped up by the director of the prestigious Theater an der Wien, Vienna's premiere operetta stage. Within three short years the ambitious young man would see three of his operettas performed within a few weeks of each other. It was the start of a career that would lead to the most successful operetta of all, The Merry Widow.
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Wiener Frauen (Der Klavierstimmer) - Nechledil Marsch
Conductor: Helmuth FROSCHAUER Performer: West German Radio Orchestra, WEST GERMAN RADIO CHORUS, Boris LEISENHEIMER - Tenor
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- 999 326-2.
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The Merry widow - Act 2: Duet and Romance
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Barbara BONNEY - Soprano (Valencienne), Rainer TROST - Tenor (Camille)
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- 439911 2.
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Concertino in B minor for violin and orchestra
Conductor: Klauspeter SEIBEL Performer: HANNOVER ORCHESTRA OF NORTH GERMAN RADIO, Laticia Honda Rosenberg - Violin
- C.P.O..
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Franz Leh谩r
Aus Langst Vergang'ner Zeit
Performer: Iris VERMILLION - Mezzo-soprano, Cord GARBEN - Piano
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Tatjana - Prelude to Act 1
Conductor: Klauspeter SEIBEL Performer: North German Radio Phil. Orchestra
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The Merry widow - Excerpt from Act 1: Lied and Ensemble - Zeta, Njegus/Auftrittslied - O V
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, MONTEVERDI CHOIR, Barbara BONNEY - Soprano (Valencienne), Boje SKOVHUS - Bass (Danilo), Cheryl STUDER - Soprano (Hanna), Karl Magnus FREDRIKSSON - Baritone (Cascada), Rainer TROST - Tenor (Camille), Uwe PEPER - Tenor (St. Brioche)
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