Die Fledermaus

Overview

Performances from Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wachter, the Choir und Ballet der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Rosalinde, wife of Eisenstein, is having an affair with Alfred. Eisenstein is due to begin a prison sentence the next morning, and the prison governor, Frank, is expected to collect him at any moment. However, Eisenstein allows himself to be talked into attending a fancy dress ball by Dr Falke, and when Frank arrives to find Alfred with Rosalinde, he assumes him to be Eisenstein and carts him off to prison.

Directed by Brian Large, Otto Schenk

Top cast

E

Eberhard Wächter

Gabriel von Eisenstein

Pamela Coburn

Rosalinde

Janet Perry

Adele

Benno Kusche

Frank

B

Brigitte Fassbaender

Prinz Orlovsky

J

Josef Hopferwieser

Alfred

W

Wolfgang Brendel

Dr. Falke

Ferry Gruber

Dr. Blind

Franz Muxeneder

Frosch

I

Ivan Unger

Ivan

I

Irene Steinbeisser

Ida

C

Carlos Kleiber

Self - Conductor

Johann Strauss II

Self - Composer

B

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Self - Orchestra

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