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Singer

Soprano

Amelia Farrugia

Hannah Glawari

Baritone

David Hobson

Count Danilo Danilowitsch

Nicole Car

Valencienne

Tenor

Henry Choo

Camille of Rosillon

John Bolton Wood

Baron Mirko Zeta

Stephen Smith

Viscount Cascada

Conductor

Andrew Greene

Stage director

Giles Havergal

Set designer

Leslie Travers

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Oliver Fenwick

Choreographer

Stuart Hopps

Opera Australia

Die lustige Witwe -  (The Merry Widow)

au.Melbourne

Die lustige Witwe Lehár

The Merry Widow

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More info and tickets: http://bit.ly/IXtVQcShowing at the Arts Centre, Melbourne: 16 May - 26 May 2012The diplomats are desperate, the financiers are flappin...

At Arts Centre Melbourne until 26 May. More info/tickets: http://bit.ly/L0MXcS


Opera Australia principal soprano Amelia Farrugia sings the famous song 'Vilja' in The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar. She is joined by David Hobson as Danilo, and the Opera Australia Chorus.

LYRICS:
A noble young lordling was hunting one day,
When deep in the forest the lad lost his way.
Til spellbound, he stopped, in a mist-shrouded glade,
Amazed at the sight of a ravishing maid.
Rooted to that moonlit spot,
He wondered, was she real or not?
Half-bewitched, all that he could do was say...

Vilja, ah Vilja, enchanting and fair,
Sorcerer's child with the stars in your hair.
Vilja, ah Vilja, a face without flaw.
What can I do but adore?
(Vilja, ah Vilja, enchanting and fair,
Sorcerer's child with the stars in your hair.)
Vilja, ah Vilja, oh can't you reply?
Vilja, for you I would die.

No earthly creature could give such a kiss,
And no human teacher could show him such bliss.
And red was their passion, and green was their sky.
"Betray me," she murmured, "and both of us die".
He awoke, and she was gone,
Like mist before the cruel sun.
Mad with grief, all that he could say was this...

Vilja, ah Vilja, enchanting and fair.
Sorcerer's child with the stars in your hair.
Vilja, ah Vilja, a face without flaw.
When shall I see you once more?
(Vilja, ah Vilja, enchanting and fair.
Sorcerer's child with the stars in your hair.)
Vilja, ah Vilja, oh won't you reply?
Vilja for you I shall die.
(For you I die)
For you I die.
I die.

The Merry Widow by Lehár, From (2012/2012), Directed by Giles Havergal,, Conductor Andrew Greene

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