Die Fledermaus
8.8
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.
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Eberhard Wächter
Gabriel von Eisenstein
Also in
The Count of Luxembourg
The House of the Three Girls
Pamela Coburn
Rosalinde
Also in
The Magic Flute
Janet Perry
Adele
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Gypsy Love
Schwarzwaldmädel
Benno Kusche
Frank
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Wiener Blut
Der Rosenkavalier
Brigitte Fassbaender
Prinz Orlovsky
Also in
Der Rosenkavalier
Hänsel und Gretel
Josef Hopferwieser
Alfred
Also in
Cardillac
Wolfgang Brendel
Dr. Falke
Also in
Samson et Dalila
The Magic Flute
Ferry Gruber
Dr. Blind
Also in
Wiener Blut
Cancan und Bakarole
Franz Muxeneder
Frosch
Also in
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
The Pussy in the Bathhouse
Ivan Unger
Ivan
Also in
Won in the Clouds
Irene Steinbeisser
Ida
Also in
The Serpent's Egg
Carlos Kleiber
Self - Conductor
Also in
Der Rosenkavalier
Traces to Nowhere: The Conductor Carlos Kleiber
Otto Schenk Director · Brian Large Director Johann Strauss II Writer
United States release January 1, 1986 · Produced in Germany · Production BR, Unitel
Production
Deutsche Grammophon
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BR
Production
Unitel
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Brazil · January 1, 1986
Physical
United States · January 1, 1986
Theatrical
Italy
January 1, 2007 · Physical
United Kingdom
January 1, 1986 · Theatrical
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