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Show "The Merry Vidow" Broadcast on KCDR Since he consider:; it to lie the most delightful and popular popul-ar Viennese operetta written, and because he lias the opportunity oppor-tunity to present an ideal cast, Howard L. Levin lias announced an-nounced that lie will deviate from his format of presenting grand opera in order to broadcast broad-cast highlights from Franz Lehar's "Die Lustige Wittwe" on DISCOVERING OPERA, April Ap-ril 4 at 5 p. m. over KCDR-FM, S8. 1 me on your FM dial. ' Sung in the original German, Ger-man, the operetta will feature swell internationally reknown-ed reknown-ed singers as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Sch-warzkopf in the role of Ilanna Glawari, the Merry Widow; Eberhard VVaechtcr, the Austrian Aus-trian nobleman, famous for his interpretation of German and Italian operatic herns, in i the role of Count Danilo; Han-ny Han-ny Sti'U'eck of the Vienna State Opera as Valencienne; and Nkvlai I lochia wlio has sung in just about every great opera house in the world, as Cami'le von ilossillon. Con-j ducting tile orchestra will bo Lovro von Mataeic. i Tile action takes place in Paris at the turn of the cen- i tury. It concerns attempts ! made by the Pontes edrinian ! ambassador to get Ilanna to marry her countryman, Dan-! iIj, so that her millions will j not leave the homeland and go to a Frenchman. Among j tne familiar melodies to be I heard will be: "For I am a Dutiful Wife," "I'm Going to Maxim's," "The Merry Widow Waltz," "Women," "Vilja," and the Floradora-lype number known as "The Girls from Maxim's." The mood will bo light, gay, sophisticated, anu witty: a treat for all. j |