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.

(Die) lustige Witwe, '(The) Merry Widow' Franz Lehár, Composer Michail Jurowski, Conductor Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Altwiener Liebeswalzer Franz Lehár, Composer Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ...

“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 ...

Franz Lehar, composer of Adolf Hitler’s favorite operetta, The Merry Widow, still lives in Vienna. His friends say he cannot get out. He has paid out millions of marks to safeguard his wife, a ...