Lehar - The Merry Widow (1978) Vinyl LP • Beverly Sills, Julius Rudel Soundtrack

Catalog Number: S-37500

Record Grading: Excellent (EX), Sleeve Grading: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Condition Details:

3-panel Lyric Insert Included. Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots on back; heavier scuffing and tiny surface abrasions on front; surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (plastic with Angel logo); one seam partially split. Spine is partly easy-to-read with wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• Anna’s Entrance (No. 3)
• Oh Fatherland (Maxim’s) (No. 4)
• Do Listen, Please (No. 2)
• Act I Finale (No. 6)
• Dances & “Vilia” (No. 7)
• Heia! See The Horseman Come (No. 8)
• Ev’ry Woman (No. 9)
• Just As A Rosebud Blossoms (No. 11)
• Act II Finale (No. 12)
• Grisette Song (No. 14) & Très Parisien
• Strings Are Sighing (Waltz) & Act III Finale (Nos. 15 & 16)

About The Record:

The Merry Widow 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 countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, 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. Film and other adaptations have also been made. Well-known music from the score includes the Vilja Song, Da geh' ich zu Maxim (You'll Find Me at Maxim's), and the Merry Widow Waltz.