Franz Lehár – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA

Vashon Opera presents Franz Lehár’s effervescent operetta, The Merry Widow. Come be enthralled & amused through mazurkas & can-can dancing as the Merry Widow waltzes her way to love.

Vashon Opera presents Franz Lehár’s effervescent operetta, The Merry Widow. Come be enthralled & amused through mazurkas & can-can dancing as the Merry Widow waltzes her way to love.

Program includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Paul Bowles, Traditional, Joaquín Rodrigo, Hugo Wolf, Peter Warlock, Joaquín Turina, Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Fauré, and Franz Lehár.

Program includes works by Johann Strauss II, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz von Suppé, Pablo de Sarasate, Franz Lehár, and Josef Strauss.

Program includes works by Johann Strauss II, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz von Suppé, Pablo de Sarasate, Franz Lehár, and Josef Strauss.

Recital by tenor Brett Sprague, winner of the 2018 Seattle Opera Guild Singers' Development Award.

Giuseppe Verdi – “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco
The Maiden Selling Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto (3rd mvt.)
Franz Lehár – “Lippen schweigen” from Die lustige Witwe
Various – Korean Gagok
Claude Debussy – L’isle Joyeuse
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition

An assortment of 20th century European opera pieces by Giacomo Puccini, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss, and others.

Opera music for piano and soprano by Lehár and Romberg.

Music ranging from Schubert to Lehar, including romantic art songs, ensemble selections from Mozart's Magic Flute, and favorite operetta highlights.

A holiday concert with music by Smetana, Lehar, Anderson, and more!

A holiday concert with music by Smetana, Lehar, Anderson, and more!

Works by Bernstein, Britten, Copland, Kálmán, Grothe, and more.

A family-friendly event! Come enjoy music while you play and relax.

Lehar – Overture to The Merry Widow
Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Ravel – Bolero

Works by Bach, Bozza, Lehar, Ponce-Heifetz, Liszt-Iverson, and Josef Strauss, as well as a world-premiere arrangement of a song cycle by Northwest composer John Muehleisen.

Lehar – Overture to The Merry Widow
Bruch – Concerto for Violin in G minor
Hanson – Symphony No. 2, "Romantic"

Works by Sharman, Honstein, Ravel, Schubert, Sieczynski, and others.

Thomas Harper directs students from the UW School of Music voice program in scenes from Macbeth, Suor Angelica, and The Merry Widow.

Korngold – "Glück, das mir verblieb" from Die tote Stadt
Lehár – "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß" from Giuditta
Charpentier – "Depuis le jour" from Louise
Verdi – "È strano... Sempre libera" from La traviata
Giles Silvestrini – Trois Duos Pour Hautbois
Philip Hansell – Six Esquisses for two oboes
Francois Devienne – Two Duets from Six Duets, Op. 74