Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus is the younger Strauss's most celebrated and popular operetta - intoxicatingly melodious and exuberant. Mistaken identities, flirtations at a masked ball, elegant frivolities and confusions of all kinds provide a hilarious vehicle for some of the most captivating music ever written.

Musically demanding, but most accessible to the listener, this masterwork was composed “non-stop in forty-two nights of veritable rapture”. The Overture is one of the most popular ever written, with five of the best tunes woven into a framework of the great “Fledermaus Waltz”.  You will recognise much of the music, including the famed “Czardas” aria and maid Adele’s “Laughing Song.”

Die Fledermaus is German for The Bat, and refers to a trick played previously on a gentleman abandoned intoxicated to wake up in the town square to general ridicule in fancy dress as a bat.  The Batman (Dr Falke) plans his clever revenge on Herr von Eisenstein by means which unfold hilariously as the opera proceeds through its three acts, set successively in the Eisenstein mansion, Prince Orlovsky’s country estate, and the town gaol.

This touring production, from Wellington G & S Light Opera is performed in English, traditionally staged, with full sets and splendid costumes, by the producers of The Tales of Hoffmann (2007), Iolanthe (2008) and The Yeomen of the Guard (2009. Direction is by Dr David Skinner, and the cast of 43 singers is supported by an orchestra of 30 players conducted by musical director Hugh McMillan. 

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Venue
The Opera House

Performance
7.30pm Thurs 19 August
2.30pm & 7.30pm Sat 21 August

Tickets
Adult $35.00 - $75.00*
Concession $26.00 - $69.50*
* Service fees apply