Die Fledermaus / 1984

Most opera houses ring in the New Year with Johann Strauss Jr.'s most popular operetta--the festiveness of which is appropriate for the occasion--and this December 31, 1983, Covent Garden performance follows suit. An exceptional cast--led by Hermann Prey and Kiri Te Kanawa as the couple whose marriage survives the comic indiscretions of three long acts--obviously has as much fun as the audience. Plácido Domingo leads the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House through its paces with panache. Prince Orlofsky's Act II party is always a splendid opportunity to pull out all the stops with surprise "guests," and this performance makes the most of its chance: entering the proceedings to sing one of his tailor-made chansons, "She," is French crooner Charles Aznavour, who is followed by dancers Merle Park and Wayne Eagling, their delightful pas de deux flashily choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton.

Die Fledermaus / 2020

The plot of Die Fledermaus is woven around a ball given by Prince Orlofsky.

Die Fledermaus / 1962

Die Fledermaus / 1946

Produced in 1944, finished and released in 1946.

Die Fledermaus / 1990

After the Viennese premiere, the Fledermaus (the bat) conquered the world. It is one of the few operettas that are regularly performed at the major opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, the Scala Milan, the Vienna State Opera and the Royal Opera House Convent Garden in London. John Cox directed this lavishly equipped production by Julia Trevelyan Oman initially in London in 1977. On New Year's Eve 1990, this staging offered the luxurious ambiance for the farewell to Joan Sutherland from her London audience. The singer had admired them since her first great success at this prestigious opera house in the fifties. The rushing feast in the second act reached its climax with its stormy cheered performance and the commitment of her friends and colleagues Luciano Pavarotti and Marilyn Horne, with whom she often stood together on the stage.

Die Fledermaus / 1986

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 31 December 1986.

Die Fledermaus / 1923

Die Fledermaus / 1964

Die Fledermaus / 1972

Witty, fun, intoxicating film of Johann Strauss II's popular operetta, based on a stage production from Vienna State Opera; this is a showcase for the entire cast, but most especially Eberhard Wächter as the insufferably boorish Gabriel Eisenstein, and Gundula Janowitz as his long-suffering wife. Open the champagne, have yourself some torte, and enjoy this delectable comedy from Vienna.

The bat / 1931

Film by Karel Lamac.

Il pipistrello / 1986

Una produzione leggendaria di uno dei capolavori dell'operetta viennese: Il pipistrello che va in scena a Monaco nel 1987 è rimasto nella memoria di tutti, per lo spettacolo mobilissimo di Otto Schenk, per le prestazioni vocali di un cast eccezionale in cui spiccano artisti del calibro di Brigitte Fassbaender, Ebherhard Watcher, Pamela Coburn, Wolfgang Brendel; ma, soprattutto, per la presenza di Carlos Kleiber, capace come nessuno di far rivivere un mondo che non c'è più con una concertazione in ogni momento elettrizzante e nello stesso tempo di incredibile raffinatezza.

Die Fledermaus / 1937

The delightful Johann Strauss comic opera Die Fledermaus was mercilessly lampooned in this truly bizarre production. For starters, a framing device has been added: After appearing in 300 consecutive appearances of Fledermaus (which translates as The Bat) the lead tenor (Georg Alexander) imagines that he's seeing bats everywhere. Driven a bit over the edge by all this, he falls asleep and has a nightmare about the opera, with a group of non-singers cast in the leading roles. The original libretto about romantic assignations, political imprisonments and mistaken identity is burlesqued to the hilt: at one point, the hero finds out that his prison cell is surrounded by rubber tubes!

Sorelle vampiro 2 - Pipistrelli nello stomaco / 20147.03 voti

Con gli amici Helene, Jacob e Ludo, le sorelle Silvania e Dakaria pianificano le loro vacanze estive. Per Dakaria, però, essere per metà vampiro non è così semplice. Quando poi in città arriva la band dei Kryton Jrax con il suo leader Murdo, Dakaria deve fare i conti con l'amore ma anche con Xantor, il manager del gruppo acerrimo nemico di suo padre. Per salvare la sorella dalle forze del male, Silvania avrà bisogno dell'aiuto di tutti i suoi amici.

Die Fledermaus / 2023

Die Fledermaus - Dusseldorf / 2016

As in every year, in 2016 a major opera production took place at Düsseldorf’s Robert Schumann Hochschule in collaboration with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. This year the operetta Die Fledermaus [The Bat] by Johann Strauß was produced.

Strauss: Die Fledermaus / 1980

Theodor Guschlbauer conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera in this lavish staging of Johann Strauss's operetta. Recorded in 1980, the production features some of the leading performers of their day, including Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberova, Bernd Weikl, Walter Berry and Brigitte Fassbaender.

Opera Australia: Die Fledermaus /

Facing a short term in prison, wealthy Eisenstein heads off to a masquerade ball to enjoy his last evening of freedom. But Eisenstein's wife, Rosalinde, and her chambermaid Adele show up to the costume party in disguise, and each try to teach him a lesson or two. This revival of Johann Strauss's operetta performed by Opera Australia stars Anthony Warlow and Ghillian Sullivan.

Die Fledermaus - WIENER STAATSOPER / 2019

To avoid serving his prison sentence, a fashionable socialite sneaks off to a lavish party. The champagne flows as guests waltz the night away, but several of them have something to hide. This internationally renowned production by Otto Schenk takes the audience on a bumpy ride through all kinds of intrigues, clothing mix-ups and mistaken identities, until we finally reach a rather hung-over happy ending. Conducted by Franz Welser-Möst and streamed on Strauss’ birthday, this performance is part of OperaVision’s events celebrating the inaugural World Opera Day on 25 October 2019.

Strauss II: Die Fledermaus / 2003

Glyndebourne's pulsating new production of the Waltz King's much-loved comic operetta. Its story centers on a magnificent masked ball, given by a Russian prince, that brings together all the main characters in various disguises. The three-act journey from boudoir to ballroom to jail provides ample opportunities for farce and humor, but also for genuine human emotion and a surprisingly realistic view of urban life.

Skandal um die Fledermaus / 1936