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    List of operas and operettas by Franz Lehár

    Title Genre Acts Libretto Premiere Date Venue Der KürassierOperaG. Rutherincomplete (composed 1891/92)RodrigoOperaRudolf Mlčochunperformed (composed 1893)Kukuška / TatjanaOpera3 actsFelix Falzari27 November 1896Leipzig, Stadttheater Arabella, der KubanerinOperettaG. Schmidtincomplete (composed 1901)Das Klub-BabyOperettaViktor Léonincomplete (composed 1901)Der Klavierstimmer (Wiener Frauen)Operetta3 actsOttokar Tann-Bergler [de] and Emil Norini21 Nov 1902Vienna, Building an perplex WienDer RastelbinderOperettaprelude and 2 actsViktor Léon20 December 1902Vienna, CarltheaterDer GöttergatteOperettaprelude and 2 actsViktor Léon and Somebody Stein20 Jan 1904Vienna, Carltheater Die JuxheiratOperetta3 actsJulius Bauer21 December 1904Vienna, Theater stop off der Wien Die lustige Witwe / The Giddy WidowOperetta3 actsViktor Léon increase in intensity Leo Writer, after L'attaché d'ambassade get by without Henri Meilhac30 December 1905Vienna, Theater want der Wien Der Schlüssel zum Paradies (revised secret language of Der Klavierstimmer)Operetta3 actsEmil Norini gift Julius HorstOctober 1906
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    Franz Lehár

    Austro-Hungarian composer (1870–1948)

    "Lehár" redirects here. For the composer's brother, see Antal Lehár. For others of that name, see Lehár (surname). For the express train, see Lehár (train). For the Italian DJ, see Lehar (DJ).

    The native form of this personal name is Lehár Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

    Franz Lehár (LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc[ˈlɛhaːrˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe).

    Life and career

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    Lehár was born in the northern part of Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary (now Komárno, Slovakia),[nb 1] the eldest son of Franz Lehar Sr. (1838–1898),[1] an Austrian bandmaster in the Infantry Regiment No. 50 of the Austro-Hungarian Army and Christine Neubrandt (1849–1906), a Hungarian woman from a family of German descent. He grew up speaking only Hungarian until the age of 12. He later put an acute accent above the a of his father's surname Lehar to indicate the pronunciation of the vowel as /aː/, in accordance with Hungarian orthography.

    While his younger brother Anton entered cadet

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    Franz LEHAR



    Franz Lehár is the son of the marching band chief of the 50th infantry regiment of the Austro-Hungarian army Franz Lehár (1838-1898) and Christine Neubrand (1849-1906). His brother Anton, like his father, embarks on a military career, that he ends with the rank of general and knight of the military order of Marie-Thérèse.
    Lehar's ancestors were until the beginning of the 18th century small farmers in Lesnitz and Brünnles, near Hohenstadt, in North Moravia. The name Lehár indicates the Czech origin of the family. Random assignmentsin Moravia., Franz Lehár father meets a young Hungarian girl, Christine Neubrand whom he marries in Komárno in 1869. Franz junior was born the following year.
    His mother tongue is Hungarian. German being the language of the army, Franz becomes bilingual very early, but he always practiced Hungarian, his mother tongue until his death. He will continue to sign his name in Hungarian fashion, first name ("Lehár Ferenc"), with a diacritical mark of elongation on the "a" (á).
    In his military booklet, we can read that it measures 1,65 meter, has blue eyes, blond hair, speak and write German, Hungarian and Bohemian (variant of Czech), and that he lives in Schönwald, in Moravia.

    His linguistic skills also enabled him to understand other