Lehár statue in Komárno
Memorial site
“I am a child of Komárom,” said Kristóf Ferenc Lehár in 1930, who was born on April 30, 1870, the firstborn son of Ferenc Lehár Sr. (1838-1898), conductor of the 50th Infantry Regiment, and Krisztina Neubrandt (1849-1904). His parents’ house was on Lehár Street, on the site of today’s Lehár Park.
Lehár came from a family with many children, but he was the only one born in Komárom.
The family lived almost constantly packed up, ready to move again. The children spent most of their summers with their grandparents in Komárom. “I played a lot on the banks of the Danube and under the historic castle walls,” Lehár recalled.
His first operetta, The Wives of Vienna, written in 1902, was a great success, which encouraged Lehár to create more.
After the operettas The Wire Man (1902), The Idol Husband (1904) and The Merry Widow (1904), The Merry Widow was premiered in 1905, after whose unprecedented success Lehár became known throughout Europe. Over the next half century, his works - 28 operettas and 2 operas - were performed in all corners of the world, a total of more than 75 thousand times. The audience in his hometown of Komárom also watched and listened to several of his works with amazement.
The statue of Ferenc Lehár, created by sculptor Emil Venkov in 1980, can still be visited on Lehár Street.
Lehár came from a family with many children, but he was the only one born in Komárom.
The family lived almost constantly packed up, ready to move again. The children spent most of their summers with their grandparents in Komárom. “I played a lot on the banks of the Danube and under the historic castle walls,” Lehár recalled.
His first operetta, The Wives of Vienna, written in 1902, was a great success, which encouraged Lehár to create more.
After the operettas The Wire Man (1902), The Idol Husband (1904) and The Merry Widow (1904), The Merry Widow was premiered in 1905, after whose unprecedented success Lehár became known throughout Europe. Over the next half century, his works - 28 operettas and 2 operas - were performed in all corners of the world, a total of more than 75 thousand times. The audience in his hometown of Komárom also watched and listened to several of his works with amazement.
The statue of Ferenc Lehár, created by sculptor Emil Venkov in 1980, can still be visited on Lehár Street.