Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus

HISTORY

Premiere April 5, 1874 at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the following cast: Alfred, Hr. Rüdinger; Adele, Esther Charles-Hirsch; Rosalinde, Marie Geistinger; Gabriel von Eisenstein, Jani Szika; Dr. Falke, Ferdinand Lebrecht; Frank, Karl Adolf Friese; Prince Orlofsky, Irma Nittinger.

North American Premiere November 21, 1874, in New York at the Stadt Theater

Last Performed by Washington National Opera September, 2003 in DAR Constitution Hall, featuring Heinz Fricke conducting and Lotfi Mansouri directing with the following cast: Alfred, Jesús Garcia; Adele, Maki Mori; Rosalinde, June Anderson; Gabriel von Eisenstein, Wolfgang Brendel; Dr. Blind, Robert Baker; Dr. Falke, Peter Edelmann; Frank, John Del Carlo; Prince Orlofsky, Elena Obraztsova; Ida, Tammy Roberts; Frosch, Jason Graae; Solo Dancers, Lisa Gillespie and Harlan Bengel.

Johann Strauss’ Operas and Operettas Die Lustigen Weiber von Wien (never produced) Indigo und die Vier Ruber, February 10, 1871; Theater-an-der-Wien Der Karneval in Rom, March 1, 1873; Theater-an-der-Wien Die Fledermaus, April 5, 1874; Theater-an-der-Wien Cagliostro in Wien, February 27, 1875; Theater-an-der-Wien Prinz Methusalem, January 3, 1877; Carl Theater Blinde Kuh, December 18, 1878; Theater-an-der-Wien Das Spitzentuch der Königin, October 1, 1880; Theater-an-der-Wien Der Lustige Krieg, November 25, 1881; Theater-an-der-Wien Eine Nacht in Venedig , October 3, 1883; Freidrich-Wilhalmstrasse Theater, Berlin Der Zigeunerbaron, October 24, 1885; Theater-an-der-Wien Simplizius, December 17, 1887, Theater-an-der-Wien Ritter Pasman, January 10, 1893; Hofoperntheater, Wein Fürstin Ninetta, January 10, 1893; Theater-an-der-Wien Waldmeister, December 4, 1895; Theater-an-der-Wien

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