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Opera Johann Strauss "Die Fledermaus" (Operetta in 2 Acts)
St. Petersburg Chamber Opera

The performance has 1 intermission

Schedule for Johann Strauss "Die Fledermaus" (Operetta in 2 Acts) 2022

Composer: Johann Strauss
Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov

Opera in 2 act

Performed in Russian

World premiere: 26 April 1996,

Die Fledermaus (The Bat) is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genee.
The original source for Die Fledermaus is a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix (1811–1873), Das Gefдngnis (The Prison). Another source is a French vaudeville play, Le reveillon, by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy. This was first translated by Karl Haffner into a non-musical play to be produced in Vienna. However, the peculiarly French custom of the reveillon (a New Year's Eve supper party) caused problems, which were solved by the decision to adapt the play as a libretto for Johann Strauss, with the reveillon replaced by a Viennese ball. At this point Haffner's translation was handed over for adaptation to Richard Genee, who subsequently claimed not only that he had made a fresh translation from scratch but that he had never even met Haffner.

The operetta premiered on 5 April 1874 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna and has been part of the regular repertoire ever since:

It was performed in New York under Bial at the Stadt Theatre on 21 November 1874. The German premiere took place at Munich's Gartnerplatztheater in 1875. Die Fledermaus was sung in English at London's Alhambra Theatre on 18 December 1876, with its score modified by Hamilton Clarke.

The first London performance in German did not take place until 1895. According to the archivist of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, "Twenty years after its production as a lyric opera in Vienna, Mahler raised the artistic status of Strauss's work by producing it at the Hamburg Opera House all the leading opera houses in Europe, notably Vienna and Munich, have brightened their regular repertoire by including it for occasional performance."

The role of Eisenstein was originally written for a tenor, but is nowadays frequently sung by a baritone. The role of Orlofsky, a trouser role is occasionally performed by a tenor or baritone, notably in Vienna.



 

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Operetta in 2 Acts with 1 interval (15 min).

Libretto of K. Khafner and R. Genets.

Synopsis

ACTION I

1 Picture.

Heinrich Ayzenshtayn’s House. From the street reaches singing Alfred - the former worshipper of rozalindy. Adel’ maid obtains letter from her sister the ides with the proposal to be enjoyed by today’s night on to ball in Russian prince orlovskiy. Adel’ asks for leave in mistress on the night under the pretext of the visit of sick aunt, but Rozalinda, which exposed maid in the sequential fraud, answers the flat refusal.

Alfred appears, he starts to handle Rozalindoy and reports to it the news: its husband - Heinrich Ayzenshtayn obtained the week of prison for the insult of judge. Rozalinda escorts the unexpected guest.

From the law court returns Ayzenshtayn and its attorney blind, through fault of whom Ayzenshtayn is forced to leave for the prison. To visit Heinrich arrives his friend Falk. After using the temporal absence of rozalindy, Falk persuades it to conduct night not in the prison, but on the ball- masquerade in Orlovsky. Falk transfers To Ayzenshtaynu invitation to the name of Frenchman marquise Renara. Ayzenshtayn says goodbye with the wife and departs together with the friend.

Adel’ reports Rozalinde, where owner went in reality. Maid requests to lend dress for the ball by it in order to trace Heinrich. Rozalinda agrees and is released Adel’.

Alfred, who proposes Rozalinde to use the absence of husband and to leave for the ball to Orlovsky, unexpectedly appears. For this case it procured masquerade the suit of bat for Rozalindy and invitation to the name of the director of French theater to Chevalier’s mes’e Shagrana and his husbands.

Alfred changes clothes into pajamas of Ayzenshtayna. In its this detail Frank finds the unexpectedly appeared director of prison. He assumes Alfred for the osuzhdennogo owner of house. Rozalinda requests Alfred to play at the period the role of husband. Frank takes away intoxicated Alfred into the prison, who along the way returns to it his invitation to the ball to Orlovsky.

2 Picture.

Ball in the house of Orlovsky. IDA it teaches sister secular manners. Prince orlovskiy greets guests. Falk notes among the guests of Adel’ with The the idoy, he presents to Orlovsky of girls by notable aristokratkami, and his friend of Heinrich - by marquis renar. Falk’s drawings amuse prince.

Ayzenshtayn is astonished by encounter with Adel’ on to ball, but Falk with the prince they convince Heinrich, that before it the successor of Russian lady-in-waiting - freyleyn Olga. Confused Ayzenshtayn brings the apologies of its maid.

Falk reports to Orlovsky that on to ball is present the director of prison, which hides itself under the fictitious name of shagrana, director of French theater. Drawings continue... Falk acquaints the imaginary of renara and Shagrana. In the mask on to ball appears Rozalinda, which issues itself for the Hungarian countess of Eva Mary osterkhazi from Budapest. Heinrich starts to handle the Hungarian countess. Attempting to attain its benevolence, it tries to use its tested method, accurate talisman - game with the hours, but Rozalinda it unexpectedly selects them.

Ball continues...

ACTION II

3 Picture.

Urban prison. Singing Alfred reaches. Appears fairly drunk warden frosh. After night merriment Frank returns to his responsibilities to the prison. In tracking of Falk and prince orlovskiy into the prison come Adel’ with The the idoy. By them it is interesting to learn how will end this unusual night, complete the unexpected transformations. Frosh proposes to guests to engage observation post... in the camera.

Appears Ayzenshtayn, it is terribly astonished after seeing Frank, whom it knows as the director of theater.

Falk introduces old familiar to drug.drugu, but are called their already present names. Frank is astonished not less, telling about the arrest one additional Ayzenshtayna. The voice of singing Alfred is audible. Heinrich is enraged. He desires immediately at everything to be dismantled. Appears attorney blind. Heinrich changes clothes into its detail and makes examination to Alfred and Rozalinde. Examination completes by sudden discovery for Ayzenshtayna - Rozalinda it demonstrates to husband his hours! Exposed in the fraud, Heinrich requests forgiveness in wife in the presence of all guests.

4 Picture.

The cheered up Orlovsky invites all to the ball, where it prepared still several surprises...


Schedule for Johann Strauss "Die Fledermaus" (Operetta in 2 Acts) 2022


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