樂曲解說

作為一名作曲家，萊哈爾為歌劇類型做出許多貢獻。他在 1905 年的第一部輕歌劇風流寡婦十分受到歡迎，讓讓他清楚地認識到，他必須將自己的才能獻給輕歌劇。風流寡婦不僅開啟了一個新的繁榮時期，也是整個輕歌劇曲目的絕對亮點之一。輕歌劇最初沒有序曲，但弗朗茨·萊哈爾為維也納愛樂樂團寫了一個序曲，在 1940 年 4 月他的 70 歲生日音樂會上演出。

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talents to the operetta. Die lustige Witwe was not only the start of a new flourishing period, it is also one of the absolute highlights in the whole operetta-repertoire. The operetta originally had no overture but Franz Lehár wrote one for the Vienna Philharmonic to perform at his 70th birthday concert in April 1940.