Operetta

Die Fledermaus

The Bat
Operetta by Johann Strauss, Karl Haffner and Richard Genée
As a way of getting back at his friend Eisenstein, Dr Falke a.k.a. 'Die Fledermaus' or 'The Bat', stages an ingenious mix-up game at Prince Orlkofsky's ball. Here, everyone is allowed to be whatever or whoever they want to be: single or married, aristocratic or exotic. But beware! Disguised with masks and false names, anyone you meet can equally turn out to be a nasty surprise ... And by the time the champagne haze has cleared the next morning, all the masks have ended up in the bleak prison cell of reality.
This is a showpiece of the golden age of operettas: Johann Strauss' 'Die Fledermaus' not only gets the champagne bubbling at a musical level, but also fizzes with irony and subtle innuendo. In 1873, and therefore shortly after the great financial crisis known as the Panic, Strauss took a different approach to his French colleague Jacques Offenbach, opting against a mythological plot. He instead uses the present to scathingly critique society - a false bottom that director Kathrin Kondaurow selects as her dance floor for what is the second production to be directed by her at the Operetta.
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Cast
Bryan Rothfuss, Alexander Geller, Nicole Lubinger, Steffi Lehmann, Christina Maria Fercher, Julie Sekinger, Matthias Störmer, Nikolaus Nitzsche, Hinrich Horn, Riccardo Romeo, Elmar Andree, Markus Liske, Dimitra Kalaitzi, Marcus Günzel, Timo Schabel, Václav Vallon, Fridolin Sandmeyer, Jan Jaroszek, Stefanie Beyer, Judith Bohlen, Georg Güldner, Nina Kemptner, Ballett der Staatsoperette Dresden, Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden, Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden