F. Lehár's Die lustige Witwe (VIVA! Opera 61)

Ayako Ohtake, a Sydney-based Japanese soprano singer, hosts monthly music segment called VIVA! Opera for SBS Japanese.

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VIVA! Opera is a music content broadcast on the 4th and 5th Thursday each month. Do you know the difference between an opera and an operetta? In the 61st episode, Ms Ohtake picks 'Lippen schweigen' from Die lustige Witwe composed by F. Lehár.

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