High Resolution & Sound Clarity Of Mary Costa and Jeremy Brett Performing The Merry Widow BBC 1968

An operetta by Franz Lehar starring Mary Costa, Jeremy Brett also starring Joyce Blackham, Ryland Davies Ambrosian Opera Chorus Pro Arte Orchestra Leader, Max Salpeter Associate Conductor, Gordon Mackie Jeremy Brett is a National Theatre player; Derek Hammond Stroud appears by arrangement with the Sadler's Wells Opera Probably the best loved of all operettas, The Merry Widow is a love story set in Paris with, of course, a happy ending. The music is known everywhere. Mary Costa, the American star, plays Anna the widow. She flew over to England specially for the part. Directed by John Gorrie for the BBC 1968 Uploading on the occasion of Mary Costas Birthday . Happiest of Birthdays.