Organization

Festival del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Video designer

Meike Ebert

Raphael Kurig

Singer

Tenor

Markus Werba

Gabriel of Eisenstein

Baritone

Reinhard Mayr

Frank

Mezzo-soprano

Marina Viotti

Prince Orlofsky

Liviu Holender

Doctor Falke

Daniel Prohaska

Doctor Blind

Soprano

Regula Mühlemann

Adele

Stage director

Josef Ernst Köpplinger

Conductor

Zubin Mehta

Costume designer

Alfred Mayerhofer

Set designer

Rainer Sinell

Chorus master

Lorenzo Fratini

Alex Tsilogiannis

Alfred

Spoken

Francesco Grifoni

Ivan

Choreographer

Karl Alfred Schreiner

Dramaturge

Fedora Wesseler

Olga Bezsmertna

Rosalinde

Valentina Stadler

Lighting designer

Valerio Tiberi

Robert Meyer

Frosch

Michael Dangl

Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Fondazione del Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Others

Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Orchestra

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Ballet

Compagnia Nuovo BallettO di Toscan

German

Die Fledermaus -  (The Bat)

Florence

Italy

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Sala Grande

Die Fledermaus Strauss II,J

Public

The Bat

Italian

English

Approved

Die Fledermaus as Dr FalkeMusical Director: Zubin MehtaStage Director: Josef KöpplingerTeatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino14.1.2022

Dr Falke, Fledermaus

The operetta genre born in Napoleon III's Paris had spread rapidly throughout Europe and had found its second home in Vienna. Among the many to be seduced also the most famous and prolific of the sons of the Father of the waltz, Johann Strauss jr. who sanctioned his fortune with Die Fledermaus ( The Bat ), an operetta inspired by Le réveillonby Meihlac and Halévy and staged at the Theater an der Wien on April 5, 1874. At the center is the classic love triangle, with consequent deceptions and scenes of jealousy, in the joyful setting of a masquerade where the disguise guarantees freedom otherwise impossible for the protagonists. In the cloudiness induced by the fumes of champagne that cheers up the party, the secret of happiness seems to be hidden: it is better to forget, even if momentarily, rather than accept the inevitable. Thus the lightness and disenchantment of the story translate musically into a phantasmagoric montage of heterogeneous musical elements. Obviously the beating heart of the Bat beats in the ternary rhythm of a waltz but the potpourrimusic created by Strauss also includes polkas, arias that mimic the Italian opera, citations of the hits of the moment (Offenbach's operettas) and folkloric pieces, such as the csárdás sung by Rosalinda at the party.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer