Franz Lehar's bright, carefree music will probably always have a home on New Year's Day programs, such as the Vienna Philharmonic's famous annual concert. The Slovak Radio Symphony didn't need the new ...

THE LAND OF SMILES, Franz Lehar's great masterwork from the 1920's is Toronto Operetta Theatre's Holiday Production with performances at the St. Lawrence Centre on Dec. 27, 28, 29 (mat), 31, 2013 and ...

This is FRESH AIR. The Metropolitan Opera will be celebrating New Year's Eve with Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow," one of the most beloved operettas ever written, in a new production staring soprano ...

The latest news and top stories on Franz Lehár. Known as a prominent Austro-Hungarian composer, he is celebrated for his operettas, most notably 'The Merry Widow', which achieved worldwide success and ...

You’d be pretty surprised if Boston Lyric Opera announced that its new production of “The Merry Widow” was being conducted by Billy Joel. That’s not happening, but Billy’s half-brother, Alexander Joel ...

The MET stages a silly romance in Lehar’s ‘The Merry Widow’ At 11 a.m. Saturday, the august Metropolitan Opera bravely will transmit Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” to the world. A warning: If you ...