Organization

Conductor

Jeffrey Tate

Singer

Soprano

Kiri Te Kanawa

Rosalinde

Judith Blegen

Adele

Tenor

David Rendall

Alfred

Håkan Hagegård

Gabriel of Eisenstein

Baritone

Michael Devlin

Doctor Falke

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

English

Die Fledermaus -  (The Bat)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

“A sumptuous fantasy out of some grand hotel of the Belle Epoch”—this was one critic’s comment when this production of the most Viennese of all operettas opened at the Met. Staged by Vienna’s own Otto Schenk (who also does a star turn as the jailer Frosch), with gorgeous sets and costumes by Günther Schneider-Siemssen and Peter J. Hall, it’s the essence of a carefree, slightly naughty take on the myth of the Imperial city by the Danube. Of course it helps to have an all-star cast: from Tatiana Troyanos’s arch, smoldering Prince Orlofsky to Kiri Te Kanawa’s dreamy, elegant Rosalinde to Judith Blegen’s pert Adele. No wonder all the men involved are completely smitten—and everybody is having the time of their lives.

The Bat by Strauss II, From (1986/1986), Conductor Jeffrey Tate, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, United States

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