Dancing in the aisles? Why not! It’s the most famous operetta ever with glorious tunes and a fizz-filled plot that keeps bubbling along!
We’re right in the heart of Vienna, where Eisenstein is being summoned to jail for insulting a civil servant; his wife’s a little too pleased at being secretly romanced by an amorous tenor; his maid’s maneuvering to crash the prince’s party; and his old friend is looking for revenge: after a costume ball, Eisenstein left him in a park—drunk as a skunk—and dressed as a bat (die Fledermaus)!
Is disaster imminent? Of course not, because there’s plenty of champagne for everyone and in the end it’s happily ever after for all.
“This production is a delightful reminder of how much pleasure can be had from Strauss’s operetta...American director E. Loren Meeker brings it to life with energy and abundant charm.” Opera News
Lyric Opera presentation generously made possible by the Donna Van Eekeren Foundation and Katherine A. Abelson and Robert J. Cornell.
Starring
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Rosalinde
Juliane Banse
Juliane Banse: With her elegant artistry and “smokyhigh soprano…she invests everything she sings with a touch of knowing sensuality.” The Guardian, London
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Eisenstein
Bo Skovhus
Bo Skovhus: “dashing and virile-voiced, his eisenstein deftly shifts between modes of debonair authority and lecherous fantasies.” The New York Times
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Adele
Daniela Fally
Daniela Fally: a favorite at the vienna state opera, “she’s a natural comedienne with a coloratura voice that’s both huge and lovely.” Opera News
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Falke
Adrian Eröd
Adrian Eröd, “one of the great music theater discoveries of the last decade” (Die Presse, Vienna) will shine as the crafty Falke!
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Alfred
Michael Spyres
With his “gorgeous lyric tenor” (Opera News), Michael Spyres will be ideal as the would-be-seducer Alfred.
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Rosalinde
Juliane Banse*
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Eisenstein
Bo Skovhus
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Adele
Daniela Fally*
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Falke
Adrian Eröd
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Alfred
Michael Spyres*
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Prince Orlofsky
Emily Fons
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Frank
Andrew Shore
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Conductor
Ward Stare
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Director
E. Loren Meeker**
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Set Designer
Wolfram Skalicki
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Costume Designer
Thierry Bosquet
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Lighting Designer
Duane Schuler
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Chorus Master
Michael Black
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Choreographer
Daniel Pelzig
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*Lyric Debut
**Lyric Directorial Debut
† current member, Ryan Opera Center
† † alumnus/ alumna, Ryan Opera Center