Created by the waltz king Johann Strauss, Die Fledermaus is the dizzyingly silly story of Eisenstein who would rather party than go to gaol; his wife Rosalinde who is keen to teach him a lesson; and ...
Johann Strauss II's popular operetta, Die Fledermaus, returns to the Canadian Opera Company after an absence of more than 20 years with a new production this fall. Strauss II outdid his own reputation ...
Seattle Opera pops the cork Saturday night on its effervescent production of “Die Fledermaus,” Richard Strauss’ most popular operetta. Strauss, “The Waltz King,” wrote a lilting score of memorable ...
That “Die Fledermaus” is such a celebrated and widely produced operetta is a perverse irony in the eyes of Mike Kotze, co-director of Light Opera Works production of Johann Strauss Jr.’s masterpiece, ...
Die Fledermaus is a comedic tour-de-force full of mischief, disguises and irresistible, bounce-in-your-seat tunes courtesy of Johann Strauss II, also known as "the Waltz King." Maestro Eiki Isomura ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Operetta: for some serious music-lovers it’s long been a term of dismissal – if not actual abuse – and today it ...
What do you get when you combine a masquerade mask, a pocket watch, an extraordinary amount of champagne, and the most seductively contagious melodies written in ¾ time? Die Fledermaus, written by ...
Die Fledermaus, which opened Santa Fe Opera’s 61st season on Friday night, figured in six of the company’s prior seasons but has been absent from its stage for the past 25 years. The operetta by ...
DULUTH — A lot of people don't realize that not only does Duluth have an orchestra and a ballet company, it also has an opera company. Lyric Opera of the North's big annual production leads this ...