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seek out Danilo and convince him to return to Hanna, closely followed by their husbands, seeking to achieve the same purpose. The Grisettes, Parisian cabaret girls, make a grand entrance, led by the voluptuous ZoZo. Zeta finds the brokenhearted Danilo, and as they argue, Hanna enters. Hanna, Danilo and Zeta separately bribe the Maitre'd to clear the room so Hanna and Danilo can be alone. Danilo sets aside his pride and asks Hanna to give up Camille for the sake of the country. Much to Danilo's delight, Hanna tells him that she was never engaged to Camille, but that she was protecting the reputation of a married woman. Danilo is ready to declare his love for Hanna, and is on the point of doing so when he remembers her money, and stops himself. When Njegus produces the fan, which he had picked up earlier, Baron Zeta suddenly realizes that the fan belongs to Valencienne. Baron Zeta swears to divorce his wife and marry the widow himself, but Hanna tells him that she loses her fortune if she remarries. Hearing this, Danilo confesses his love for her and asks Hanna to marry him, and Hanna triumphantly points out that she will lose her fortune only because it will become the property of her husband. Valencienne produces the fan and assures Baron Zeta of her fidelity by reading out what she had replied to Camille's declaration: "I'm a highly respectable wife".
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circulates the ballroom, rounding up ladies to claim dances and thin the crowd around the wealthy widow. Hanna, however, chooses the one man who is not apparently interested in dancing with her: Danilo, who immediately announces that he will sell his dance with Hanna Glawari for ten thousand francs, with the proceeds to benefit charity. This extinguishes the remaining suitors' interest in the dance. After they have left, Danilo attempts to dance with Hanna, who refuses in annoyance. Nonchalantly he proceeds to waltz by himself, eventually wearing down Hanna's resistance, and she falls into his arms.
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into Maxim's itself, rather than the original theme-party setting, to take further advantage of the fame of the nightclub. Graves ad-libbed extensive "business" in the role of the Baron. Edwardes engaged Lehár to write two new songs, one of which, "Quite Parisien" (a third act solo for Nisch) is still used in some productions. Lehár also made changes for a Berlin production in the 1920s, but the definitive version of the score is basically that of the original production.
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lower than the original. Danilo and Hanna's hummed waltz theme becomes a chorus number, and the ending of the "Rosebud Romance" is sung mostly in unison rather than as a conversation. In the Hassall version, the action of act 3 takes place at Maxim's. Valencienne and the other Embassy wives arrive to
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in a faithful Hungarian translation. The piece became an international sensation, and translations were quickly made into various languages: in 1907, Buenos Aires theatres were playing at least five productions, each in a different language. Productions also swiftly followed in Stockholm, Copenhagen,
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to discuss Danilo's findings, as well as the problem of securing the widow's fortune for Pontevedro. Seeing the fan, Hanna takes the message on it to be Danilo's declaration of love for her, which he denies. His inquiries regarding the fan prove fruitless, but do reveal infidelities committed by some
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Meanwhile, Baron Zeta's wife Valencienne has been flirting with the French attaché to the embassy, Count Camille de Rosillon, who writes "I love you" on her fan. Valencienne puts off Camille's advances, saying that she is a respectable wife. However, they lose the incriminating fan, which is found by
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was first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 30 December 1905, with Günther as Hanna, Treumann as Danilo, Siegmund Natzler as Baron Zeta and Annie Wünsch as Valencienne. After a couple of shaky weeks at the box-office, it became a major success, receiving good reviews and running for
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The operetta has been recorded both live and in the studio many times, and several video recordings have been made. In 1906, the original Hanna and Danilo, Mizzi Günther and Louis Treumann, recorded their arias and duets, and also some numbers written for Camille and Valencienne; CD transfers were
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was the principal founding state. Hood changed the name of the principality to Marsovia, Danilo is promoted to the title of Prince, Hannah is Sonia, the Baron is Popoff, Njegus is Nisch, Camille's surname is de Jolidon and Valencienne is Natalie, among other changes. The final scene was relocated
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Danilo arrives and meets Hanna. It emerges they were in love before her marriage, but his uncle had interrupted their romance because Hanna had had nothing to her name. Though they still love each other, Danilo now refuses to court Hanna for her fortune, and Hanna vows that she will not marry him
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As the "Ladies' Choice" dance is about to begin, Hanna becomes swarmed with hopeful suitors. Valencienne volunteers Camille to dance with Hanna, privately hoping that the Frenchman will marry her and cease to be a temptation for Valencienne herself. True to his bargain with the Baron, Danilo
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was performed about half a million times in its first sixty years. Global sheet music sales and recordings totalled tens of millions of dollars. Its popularity influenced fashions and inspired merchandising and product tie-ins, from corsets to chocolates. According to theatre writer
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embassy counsellor Kromow. Kromow jealously fears that the fan belongs to his own wife, Olga, and gives it to Baron Zeta. Not recognising it, Baron Zeta decides to return the fan discreetly, in spite of Valencienne's desperate offers to take it "to Olga" herself.
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In addition to her own numbers, Günther took over Valencienne's " Ich bin eine anständ'ge Frau" as a solo, and she and Treumann recorded Camille and Valencienne's duet, "Das ist der Zauber der stillen Häuslichkeit". See: O'Connor, Patrick. "A Viennese Whirl",
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The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and continues to be frequently revived and recorded. Film and other adaptations have also been made. Well-known music from the score includes the
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On his way to find Olga, the Baron meets Danilo, and his diplomatic mission takes precedence over the fan. The Baron orders Danilo to marry Hanna. Danilo refuses, but offers to eliminate any non-Pontevedrin suitors as a compromise.
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The next evening, everyone is dressed in Pontevedrin clothing for a garden party at Hanna's house, now celebrating the Grand Duke's birthday in his own country's fashion. Hanna entertains by singing an old Pontevedrin song:
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conducting the "Grammophon Streich-Orchester"; it includes a considerable amount of the operetta's dialogue. After that, excerpts appeared periodically on disc, but no new full recording was issued until 1950, when
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That evening, Camille and Valencienne meet in the garden, where Valencienne insists that they must part. Discovering the fan, accidentally left behind by Danilo, Camille begs Valencienne to let him have it as a
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The operetta originally had no overture; Lehár wrote one for the 400th performance, but it is rarely used in productions of the operetta, as the original short introduction is preferred. The
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is frequently revived in Vienna and is part of the Vienna Volksopera's repertory. The Volksopera released a complete live performance on CD, interpolating the "Can-Can" from Offenbach's
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regrets the casting of a baritone as Danilo in both sets and prefers the 1958 Decca version. Among the filmed productions on DVD, the Penguin Guide recommends the one from the
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made in 2005. The first recording of a substantially complete version of the score was made of the Berlin 1907 production, with Ottmann and Matzner in their lead roles and
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for another very successful run of 416 performances, and was reproduced by multiple touring companies across the US, all using the Hood/Ross libretto. It was produced by
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as Danilo. The operetta first played in Australia in 1908 using the Hood/Ross libretto. Since then, it has been staged frequently in English. It was revived in London's
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the previous year. Although Léon doubted that Lehár could invoke an authentic Parisian atmosphere, he was soon enchanted by Lehar's first number for the piece, a bubbly
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in 1923, running for 239 performances, and in 1924 and 1932. A 1943 revival ran for 302 performances. Most of these productions featured Graves as Popoff.
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of the embassy, should marry the widow; unfortunately for this plan, Danilo is not at the party, so Zeta sends Danilo's assistant Njegus to fetch him from
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state. In addition, the widow admits to an affair to protect the Baron's wife, and the Count's haven is changed to the Parisian restaurant and nightclub
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starred in a brief 1969 revival. Revivals were mounted in major New York theatres in 1921, 1929, 1931 and 1943–1944. The last of these starred
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Glocken Verlag Ltd, London, published two different English translation editions in 1958. One English-language libretto is by
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Act 3 is set at a theme party in Hanna's ballroom, which she has decorated to look like Maxim's, complete with Maxim's
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for the leading roles. They had starred as the romantic couple in other operettas in Vienna, including a production of
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came across the play and thought it would make a good operetta. He suggested this to one of his writing collaborators,
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to keep her money at home, thus preventing economic disaster in the duchy. The play was soon adapted into German as
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Milan, Moscow and Madrid, among other places. It was eventually produced in every city with a theatre industry.
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Kantor, Michael and Laurence Maslow. "Broadway: The American Musical", New York: Bulfinch Press (2004), p. 43
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mounted several productions from the 1950s through the 1990s, including a lavish 1977 production starring
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to compose the music, as he had a previous hit at the Theater an der Wien with a Parisian-themed piece,
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as Valencienne. It was sung in German, with abridged spoken dialogue. Loose sang Valencienne again for
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in capital cities around Australia during 1998 and 1999. A prologue was added featuring a narrative by
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It omits "Das ist der Zauber der Stillen Häuslichkeit": see O'Connor, Patrick. "A Viennese Whirl",
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as Camille and English as Baron Zeta. In some performances, during the production's Brisbane run,
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Part of "The Merry Widow Waltz" is played by a music box and sung by the character Winnie in
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repertory company in New York City, commissioned Alice Hammerstein Mathias, the daughter of
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and a ballet introducing the earlier romance of Anna and Danilo. The production opened in
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dancers). Valencienne, who has dressed herself as a grisette, entertains the guests ("
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adapted the operetta's music and composed additional music, for a three-act ballet.
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Various films have been made that are based loosely on the plot of the operetta
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The first production in Paris was at the Théâtre Apollo on 28 April 1909 as
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The Ackermann recording received the highest available rating in the 1956
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performed the overture at Lehár's 70th birthday concert in April 1940.
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The embassy in Paris of the poverty-stricken Balkan principality of
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The adaptation renamed many of the characters, to avoid offense to
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until he says "I love you" – something he claims he will never do.
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First Secretary of the Pontevedrin embassy and Hanna's former lover
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with Max Monti's company before Monti moved the production to the
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is holding a ball to celebrate the birthday of the sovereign, the
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483 performances. The production also toured in Austria in 1906.
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had mounted the opera 18 times by 2003. The first performance by
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might compose the piece. Lehár had worked with Léon and Stein on
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and the later EMI set under Matačić is highly rated by the 2008
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The first American production opened on 21 October 1907 at the
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This article is about the Lehár operetta. For other uses, see
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Original theatre programme from Daly's Theatre, available at
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of Naxos reissue of 1953 Ackermann recording of the operetta.
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as Zeta, Gallaher as Camille and Donaldson as Valencienne.
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and the Creation of the Silver Age of Viennese Operetta"
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was finished in a matter of months. The theatre engaged
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The operetta has also been translated into Italian (as
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melody for "Dummer, dummer Reitersmann". The score of
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French attaché to the embassy, the Baroness's admirer
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Numerous opera companies have mounted the operetta.
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The Merry Widow (disambiguation)

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operetta
Austro-Hungarian
Franz Lehár
librettists
Viktor Léon
Leo Stein
Henri Meilhac
Vilja
Maxim

Lily Elsie
Henri Meilhac
grand duchy
Count
Leo Stein
Viktor Léon
Theater an der Wien
Balkan
Maxim's
Richard Heuberger
Der Opernball
Franz Lehár
Der Göttergatte
galop
Mizzi Günther
Louis Treumann

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