Will all those dancing girls prove too distracting for the audience?! Franz Lehár's magical score features the famous "Vilja" song, the "Merry Widow Waltz," and many more beloved melodies.

"America's favorite mezzo" (Gramophone) returns to the Metropolitan Opera in December and January to reprise her account of the title character in Susan Stroman 's staging of Lehár's The Merry ...

The first is the “Vilja Song” which is often excerpted in operatic highlight shows and the second is the “Maxim’s” theme associated with the night club where the third act takes place.

The score's popular tunes include “The Merry Widow Waltz,” “I’ll Go to Maxim’s,” and “Vilja,” written in a style akin to the dance music and operettas of Johann Strauss II, one ...

Her rendition of the famous “Vilja song” in Act II is crystalline in its beauty. As her former lover and current Pontevedrian hope Count Danilo, tenor Bryce Bartu makes a strong impact in his ...