Offer,Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Dirk Bogarde (narrator), Robert Poulton (baritone), Rudolf Schasching (tenor, baritone), Elżbieta Szmytka (soprano), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Kurt Azesberger (tenor, baritone), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Stuart MacIntyre (baritone), Howard Quilla Croft (baritone), Christopher...
Contents
Lehár: The Merry Widow, Act I
- Dirk Bogarde (narrator), Elżbieta Szmytka (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Kurt Azesberger (tenor), Robert Poulton (baritone), Rudolf Schasching (tenor), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone)
- Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Franz Welser-Möst
Introduction. "Verehrteste Damen und Herren" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Narration. "You are looking at a man with no axe to grind" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Duet. "So kommen Sie" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Narration. "How is your German, by the way?" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Entrance Song. "Bitte, meine Herr'n" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Narration. "Before you could say joint bank account..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Lehár: The Merry Widow, Act 1: Song. "O Vaterland" (Danilo) [Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993]
- Thomas Hampson (baritone)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Franz Welser-Möst
Lehár: The Merry Widow, Act I
- Dirk Bogarde (narrator), Elżbieta Szmytka (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Kurt Azesberger (tenor), Rudolf Schasching (tenor), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone)
- Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Franz Welser-Möst
Narration. "After which he had forty winks on a sofa" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Charms of Domestic Life. "Ja was? Ein trautes Zimmerlein" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Narration. "At this point, Kromow has found the fan" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Ball Music - Finale. "Damenwahl!" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
"Oh kommet doch, oh kommt..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
"Der junge Mann tanzt Polka" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Lehár: The Merry Widow, Act II
- Dirk Bogarde (narrator), Elżbieta Szmytka (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Christopher Parke (baritone), John Aler (tenor), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Howard Quilla Croft (baritone), Kurt Azesberger (tenor), Robert Poulton (baritone), Rudolf Schasching (tenor), Stuart MacIntyre (baritone)
- Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Franz Welser-Möst
Introduction and Dance. "Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen" - Vilja Song. "Es lebt eine Vilja" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Narration. "Whenever I hear that sound, I'm carried back to that summer evening" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
The Stupid Rider Song. "Heia, Mädel, aufgeschaut" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Lehár: The Merry Widow, Act III
- Alison Duguid (soprano), Anna O'Byrne (soprano), Christopher Parke (baritone), Elżbieta Szmytka (soprano), Howard Quilla Croft (baritone), Joanna Campion (soprano), Michelle Walton (soprano), Paula O'Sullivan (soprano), Philippa Daly (soprano), Robert Poulton (baritone), Stuart MacIntyre (baritone), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
- Franz Welser-Möst
Dance Scene (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Song of the Grisettes. "Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Lehár: The Merry Widow, Act II: Narration. "Pontevedrian high society, it seemed, was determined to go out in a blaze of glory and frilly underwear" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
- Dirk Bogarde (narrator)
Lehár: The Merry Widow, Act III
- Dirk Bogarde (narrator), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Alison Duguid (soprano), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Michelle Walton (soprano), Stuart MacIntyre (baritone), Rudolf Schasching (baritone), Robert Poulton (baritone), Philippa Daly (soprano), Paula O'Sullivan (soprano), Kurt Azesberger (baritone), Anna O'Byrne (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Joanna Campion (soprano), Howard Quilla Croft (baritone), Elżbieta Szmytka (soprano), Christopher Parke (baritone)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
- Franz Welser-Möst
Duet. "Lippen schweigen" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Narration. "As the Pontevedrian proverb has it..." (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)
Closing Song. "Ja, das Stadium der Weiber ist schwerz" (Live at Royal Festival Hall, 1993)