This is FRESH AIR. The Metropolitan Opera will be celebrating New Year's Eve with Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow," one of the most beloved operettas ever written, in a new production staring soprano ...

Opera New Jersey's "The Merry Widow." When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Saturday. Where: McCarter's Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton How much: $59-$65; call (609) 258-2787 or visit ...

The turn of the year is a time not only for champagne but for the fizz of operetta, with productions of Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" and Lehar's "The Merry Widow" a seasonal tradition. A new disc ...

If you’re still trying to shake pandemic doldrums, nothing fuels a can-do spirit quite like a can-can. When Charlottesville Opera opens its second production of the season, Franz Lehar’s “The Merry ...

Led by title performer Merry Widow, Merry Widow’s Artisan Operetta features a rotating cast of local burlesque and theatrical talent that performs a variety of experiments, sketches and song-and-dance ...

Pasadena City College celebrates the 100th anniversary of one of the most popular operettas as the PCC Performing and Communication Arts division presents “The Merry Widow,” June 10 and 11. Written by ...

Growing up in central Ohio in the 1990s and early 2000s, Adam Cioffari remembers attending operetta after operetta. The genre — distinct from traditional operas for its lighter music and storylines — ...

Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár’s 1905 comic operetta “Die Lustige Witwe/The Merry Widow” gets a Minnesota twist in a new adaptation presented by Opera on the Lake. Original spoken dialogue by ...

A wealthy widow is wooed by her adopted country’s most eligible bachelor in “The Merry Widow,” playing Friday and Saturday in San Luis Obispo. Presented by Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre and Opera San ...