The duet is from the operetta "Die Lustige Witwe" by Franz Lehar.
The title of the operetta is often translated as "The Merry Widow."
The German word "lustige" has meanings of "funny, humourous, enjoyable".
The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and continues to be frequently revived and recorded.
The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac.

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