Vilja aria from Lehár's The Merry Widow ǀ English National Opera
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- The Merry Widow | 1 March - 13 April 2019 | London Coliseum |
Tickets from £12, with 500 tickets available at every performance for £20 or less.
Find out more: www.eno.org/widow
The Merry Widow is Franz Lehár‘s comic masterpiece, played out in a stream of memorable melodies including the familiar ‘Vilja Song’ and ‘Merry Widow Waltz’.
With a truly glamorous setting, Lehár’s operetta centres on the relationship between the dazzling and wealthy young widow Hanna and Danilo, who has an appetite for wine and women.
As this delightful tale of a woman’s quest for love unfolds, their burgeoning romance is hampered by mishap, intrigue and comedic misadventure.
Making their ENO debuts with Lehár’s classic are director Max Webster (The Lorax at Old Vic) and sought-after Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska.
As the vivacious Hanna, ENO favourite Sarah Tynan returns for her second major appearance of the 2018/19 season. She is joined by Nathan Gunn as Danilo, while ENO legend Andrew Shore plays the pompous Zeta.
English lyrics by Richard Thomas
English book by April de Angelis
See The Merry Widow at the London Coliseum from 1 March - 13 April 2019.
Learn more and book tickets: www.eno.org/widow
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This was the most beautiful moment. The music, the voice, the colours, the costume, the lighting, the sound, the set. Actually magical and I will remember it forever.
My grandmother sang this in 1967. She was so beautiful. RIP MARY JENNINGS 🙏 4-23-24
You simply cannot stop listening to this world famous Lehar Aria from this Merry Widow.
Such fond memories. Just beautiful.
One of the most beautiful songs ever!
The first operetta I ever heard when I was about 10 always well remembered for last 68years @
Mine too Jennifer , apart from Gilbert and Sullivan .
Perhaps the soprano should have been credited - she deserves it!!!
The chorus to this aria is glorious!
I was raised on opera, my father had a Sunday radio program every week, Bach contatas. Station WONO in Syracuse, NY. Love this!
67 now me .. Welsh with song in my heart....the best of the best Robert Round .....me thinks xx and June Bronhill. ..grew up with those beautiful voices xxxx
Absolutely beautiful singing and set.
My favorite "Vilja" rendition. Sarah nails it!
Fantastic! Sarah Tynan is a tremendous soprano.
Simply beautiful.
Wonderful slush! I adore it :)
Beautiful.
My father named me after this song…Vilia ❤
Super!!!!
I like this very much indeed, but I will be disappointed if we can't watch the entire opera. Much respect to Sarah Tynan!
Why isn’t this song more popular?
Un enchantement, on n’arrive pas à décrocher.
Beautiful girl with a beautiful voice
聴きながらうとうとしてしまいました。。。久しぶりのオペラありがとうございます。新鮮で素敵です！！
Charming.
I like this new translation.
John Coltrane's take on this aria brought me here.
There lived a Vilja, a woods-maiden,
A hunter spied her in a rocky cliff!
The fellow, became
So strangely affected,
He looked and looked
At the little woods-maiden.
And a never known shudder
Seized the young hunter,
Longingly he began quietly to sigh!
Vilja, O Vilja, you little woods-maiden,
Take me and let me
Be your dearest true love!
Vilja, O Vilja, what are you doing to me?
Fearfully begs a lovesick man!
Vilja, O Vilja, what are you doing to me?
Fearfully begs a lovesick man!
The woods-maiden stretched
Out her hand to him
And pulled him into her cliff-dwelling.
The lad almost lost his senses,
Thus loved and kissed no earthly child.
As soon as she was sated with kissing
She disappeared at that moment!
Just once did the poor lad wave to her:
Vilja, O Vilja, you little woods-maiden,
Take me and let me
Be your dearest true love!
Vilja, O Vilja, what are you doing to me?
Fearfully begs a lovesick man!
Vilja, O Vilja, what are you doing to me?
Fearfully begs a lovesick man!
Love it.
It seems , that people have to be a certain age to appreciate beautiful operettas like this ! Such a shame !
Well, since I was 10.... when I got introduced to this genre.... about 35 years ago....
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I couldn't agree more. Its taken me 18 years from first discovering the Opera to have finally fallen under its spell. Now, it's all I'll ever listen to, I love it x
I Totally agree with you, It's just a Beautiful Song😊😊😊
Great
Fééric !
I'd like to hear more from Sarah.
Sarah Tynan great
I’m here from M. T. Anderson’s book “Symphony for the City of the Dead.” Evidently this is one of Adolf Hitler’s favorite pieces of music. It’s still beautiful though!
Perhaps light in theme and plot and not long drawn out, but I dont understand why Lehars work is given the diminutive title (etta) instead of simply 'opera'!
Because some lines are spoken instead of being sung.
Because this is another genre. There are many operettas which have spoken lines in it, and this genre is perfected by Hungarian and Austrian composers, like Ferenc Lehár, Imre Kálmán, Johann Strauss, Offenbach, and many others, mainly during the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Many famous waltzes originate from operettas which are played by the Wiener Philharmonic New Year's day concerts each year. The Operetta is on the list of Hungarian National Treasures & Heritage and almost every theatre has them on their repertoire each year.
Fantastic. Will this be released on disc/DVD? Or any chance of more films here? Would love to see the urinal septet again!
Hahaha, that was so funny. Very different adaptation to the original Hungarian version, but couldn't stop laughing at that scene.
More power to the chorus.
Just gorgeous voice (and looks). Who is she?
Sarah Tynan, I believe!
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Any chance I could get the text of this version of "Villa"? Beautiful voice and production!!
Can't beat the original ..June Bronhill and Robert Round.
Lynnrial1317,. You must be. as. Young as me, 1950:, black and white television, June was a regular. Lovely voice
Vilija?
In ninety fifty four, aged, twelve, old black and white television we watched a marvelous soprano, June Bronhill sing this, she was so talented.
Who is she? She has a wonderful voice!
Sarah Tynan
What does it mean 0:23 PM
Sung very well, but I kept waiting for Bea Arthur to get Mame off the moon!
Japanese version
ladnie
the singer has an excellent voice, but i am not feeling the Viennese style. There is no light and shade. The tempo is too slow for my taste. And there seems to be a disconnection between singer and orchestra - maybe because she is perched so high. But it is almost like the singers hardly rehearsed with the orchestra.
Ce charme , c’est celui de notre civilisation à une certaine époque.
Magnifique, je ne connais rien de mieux.Tant de beauté m’émeut jusqu’aux larmes. Savez vous que c’était l’opérette préférée d’ Hitler...
People need filed their children in classical music ! Daily so the kids growing up intellectually !!❤
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