Offer,Lehar: The Merry Widow – Excerpts
Douglas Gamley (work arranger), Valerie Masterson (soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Werner Krenn (tenor), John Brecknock (tenor), Graeme Ewer (baritone), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano)
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Richard Bonynge
Contents
Excerpt,
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1978-08-28
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Overture
Lehár: The Merry Widow / Act 1
- Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Werner Krenn (tenor), Valerie Masterson (soprano), John Brecknock (tenor)
- National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1978-08-28
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
March from Introduction - Duet: A Highly Respectable Wife
Anna's Entrance: Gentlemen, no more
Solo: I'm off to Chez Maxime... My very heavy Fatherland
Duet: Proceed. One girl has almond eyes
Finale I: Ladies' choice!
Lehár: The Merry Widow / Act 2
- Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Werner Krenn (tenor), John Brecknock (tenor)
- Ambrosian Singers, National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1978-08-28
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Vilia Song: Let's all now waken memories
Duet: Such a silly soldier boy...Heija!
Romanza: Love in my heart was dying
Finale II: This match should last
Lehár: The Merry Widow / Act 3
- Graeme Ewer (baritone)
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1978-08-28
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
The Cake Walk
Njegus's Aria: I was born by cruel fate
Lehár: The Merry Widow / Act 2
- Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Werner Krenn (tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
- Ambrosian Singers, National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1978-08-28
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Cancan: We're the famous Maxime playgirls
Duet: Love unspoken, love unbroken
