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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.