Not all that glitters is gold, but a waltz commissioned by royalty for a fancy ball certainly is. The Orchestra of the Suisse Romande, led by Armin Jordan, plays Franz Lehar's Silver and Gold Waltz.

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 ...

“Americans,” Franz Lehar once complained, “know me only as the creator of The Merry Widow” But how well they knew The Merry Widow! In 1907, the Widow’s gay Viennese charm had captured Broadway. Merry ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ronald Hynd’s “The Merry Widow” is the ballet equivalent of a fine champagne that has miraculously kept its fizz long after the bottle has been opened. Because so much of this fin-de-siécle rom-com ...

Although the 1-2-3 of a waltz rhythm is simplicity itself, bending rhythm to the curve of the music -- finding its infectious lilt -- marks the difference between a good conductor and a literal ...