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Die Fledermaus (1986)

Die Fledermaus (1986)

Comedy Music
Release Date: 1986, January 1
Directors: Otto Schenk, Brian Large
Countries: Germany
Production: Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon, BR, BR, Unitel, Unitel
Cast: Carlos Kleiber, Brigitte Fassbaender, Wolfgang Brendel, Pamela Coburn, Eberhard Wächter, Janet Perry, Benno Kusche, Josef Hopferwieser, Ferry Gruber, Franz Muxeneder, Ivan Unger, Irene Steinbeisser

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

mistaken identity opera operetta