The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her ...

If you’re still looking for a Mother’s Day gift, you might consider taking your mother to the Annapolis Opera Company’s production of “The Merry Widow” this weekend at Maryland Hall. Composer Franz ...

THEATER PREVIEW: 'The Merry Widow' waltzes into Eisenhower Hall Sunday afternoon with the London City Opera Company. Right from the start, Franz Lehar's "Merry Widow" was a commercial triumph. The ...

Suddenly, Franz Lehar's 1905 sentimental charmer "The Merry Widow," long a staple of light opera and music theater festivals, has made its way into big time. It landed at the Metropolitan Opera two ...

In her second operatic triumph of the local season, Susan Graham has offered up everybody's dream Widow in Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow" -- the wisdom, the cynicism, the lustrous voice -- splendidly ...