Is there any other opera in the rep that so resembles champagne as the heady, intoxicating Die Fledermaus (“The Bat,” 1874), from Johann Strauss II? Opera in the Heights’s production is certainly ...
This is a man who puts the horrid word “societal” into a programme note not once but twice; and his eagerness to make this masterpiece of Viennese operetta seem relevant, edgy and streetwise leads him ...
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Combining comedy, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements with breathtaking music makes Johann Strauss II's “Die Fledermaus” one of the most popular operettas in the world… And Die Fledermaus ...
Fledermaus-- If one ignores "The Gondoliers," possibly the operetta with the happiest melodies is Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat). There are a few recordings of this gem in the ...
Die Fledermaus in jackboots? Is it no longer possible for a piece referring to Germany or Austria to be staged in this country without them? If it is, someone forgot to tell Christopher Alden. Johann ...
A lavish party, a philandering husband and a wife in disguise — what could go wrong? Audiences will find out when New Philharmonic, under the direction of Kirk Muspratt, performs Johann Strauss II’s ...
When you're having a really good time in the theater, you hate to see the curtain fall, and so it was at Friday evening's Florentine Opera production of 'Die Fledermaus.' The Johann Strauss II ...
One would never expect director Christopher Alden to be merely trivial and he and Johann Strauss II, the Emperor of waltz and schmaltz, are hardly the most obvious bedfellows. His London/Toronto ...