Franz Lehár (/ ˈleɪhɑːr / LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc [ˈlɛhaːr ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer.

Oct 20, 2025 · Franz Lehár was a Hungarian composer of operettas who achieved worldwide success with Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow). He studied at the Prague Conservatory. …

Along the way, hoping to establish himself as a composer, Franz Lehár wrote the opera Kukuška – his third attempt at the genre but the first to reach the stage – whose limited success in …

Franz Lehár was a renowned composer and conductor, known for his mastery of Viennese operetta. He was born on April 30, 1870, in the Slovak town of Komárom (now Hungary) in a …

The Austro-Hungarian composer and conductor Franz Lehár was the leading composer of operetta in the twentieth century, and responsible for giving the genre renewed vitality.

Franz Lehár was born on 30 April 1870 in Komárom, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a composer and actor, known for The Rocketeer (1991), U-571 (2000) and Schindler's List (1993).

Franz Lehár’s most famous work is undoubtedly Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow). This beloved operetta, a worldwide smash success, also provided Lehár’s family with a measure of …

List of operas and operettas by Franz Lehár This is a complete list of the operas and operettas of the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (1870–1948).

Franz Lehár was born in April 1870 and is one of the most significant composers of operetta in the history of classical music. His lighthearted, comic works like The Merry Widow continue to …

October 24, 1948: 14:45 Franz Christian Lehár dies at his villa at Traunquai 8 (Lehárkai 8) in Bad Ischl, Republic of Austria, suffering from cancer, pneumonia, ulcers, and heart disease, aged …