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Operetta Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)
Date: Jan 21-22-7 pm
Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts
Price: 100-880 yuan
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-L'attaché d'ambassade (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac. The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and continues to be frequently revived and recorded.