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- Jr., Johann Strauss
Die Fledermaus (1874)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin for this work.
- 2222/4230/timp.perc/hp/str
- 212.2asx.1/2210/timp.perc/str (the 2 saxophones replace 2 horns -- when no saxophones are present use 4 horns); (small orchestration has no ballet in Act II)
- SSAATTBB chorus
- 3 Tenors, 3 Sopranos, 2 Baritones, Mezzo soprano, speaking role
- Libretto by C. Haffner and R. Genée after a vaudeville by Meilhac and Halévy.
- English, German
Programme Note
Cast List:
GABRIEL VON EISENSTEIN, a banker: Tenor
ROSALINDA, his wife: Soprano
ALFRED, a singer: Tenor
ADELE, chambermaid to the Eisensteins: Coloratura Soprano
BLIND, a lawyer: Tenor buffo
DR. FALKE, friend of Eisenstein: Baritone
FRANK, prison warden: Baritone
SALLY, Adele's sister: Soprano
FROSCH, jailer (speaking role): Comedian
PRINCE ORLOFSKY, young, rich, elegant: Singing Actor*
IVAN, major-domo of Orlofsky: Actor
Guests at Orlofsky's party; Waiters and the Ballet.
* The part of Orlofsky should be sung by a man.
Synopsis:
Gabriel von Eisenstein has been sentenced to eight days in prison for insulting the tax collector. However his friend Dr Falke persuades him to delay his surrender to the authorities in order to attend a masked ball given by Prince Orlovsky. In the meantime, Arthur, a former admirer of Eisenstein’s wife Rosalinda, is mistakenly taken to prison in his place. The guests assemble at the ball, all in disguise and Eisenstein manages to make advances to Rosalinde, believing she is a Hungarian Countess and to Rosalinde’s maid Adele. It is only when Eisenstein reports to the prison in the morning that everyone’s true identities are revealed and all transgressions are forgiven.
GABRIEL VON EISENSTEIN, a banker: Tenor
ROSALINDA, his wife: Soprano
ALFRED, a singer: Tenor
ADELE, chambermaid to the Eisensteins: Coloratura Soprano
BLIND, a lawyer: Tenor buffo
DR. FALKE, friend of Eisenstein: Baritone
FRANK, prison warden: Baritone
SALLY, Adele's sister: Soprano
FROSCH, jailer (speaking role): Comedian
PRINCE ORLOFSKY, young, rich, elegant: Singing Actor*
IVAN, major-domo of Orlofsky: Actor
Guests at Orlofsky's party; Waiters and the Ballet.
* The part of Orlofsky should be sung by a man.
Synopsis:
Gabriel von Eisenstein has been sentenced to eight days in prison for insulting the tax collector. However his friend Dr Falke persuades him to delay his surrender to the authorities in order to attend a masked ball given by Prince Orlovsky. In the meantime, Arthur, a former admirer of Eisenstein’s wife Rosalinda, is mistakenly taken to prison in his place. The guests assemble at the ball, all in disguise and Eisenstein manages to make advances to Rosalinde, believing she is a Hungarian Countess and to Rosalinde’s maid Adele. It is only when Eisenstein reports to the prison in the morning that everyone’s true identities are revealed and all transgressions are forgiven.