The Bat
A three-act operetta, set in Austria in the 1870s, Die Fledermaus is a tale of flirtation, intrigue, and an elaborate practical joke among the champagne and chandeliers of Imperial Vienna music by JOHANN STRAUSS libretto by CARLHAFFNERand RICHARD GENEB , after Meilhac and Halevy English version: lyrics by CHRISTOPHER HASSALL dialogue by EDMUND TRACEY Cast in order of singing:
Alfred, a singer, in love with Rosalinde
JOHN BRECKNOCK (tenor)
Adele, Rosalinde's maid
MARGARET GALE (SOpranO)
Rosalinde, Eisenstein's wife
CATHERINE WILSON (soprano)
Gabriel von Eisenstein
EMILE BELCOURT (tenor)
Dr Blind, a solicitor
JOHN FRYATT (tenor)
Dr Falke, a notary
JOHN KITCHINER (baritone) Colonel Frank, the prison governor
DENIS DOWLING (baritone)
Ida, Adele's sister
DOROTHY NASH (soprano)
Prince Orlofsky, a rich Russian
SHIRLEY CHAPMAN (mezzo-soprano)
Ivan, his butler
ADAM SARGENT-THOMAS (spoken role)
Frosch, a prison warder
FRANCIS EGERTON (spoken role)
Guests, waiters, footmen
SADLER'S WELLS CHORUS chorus-master HAZEL VIVIENNE SADLER'S WELLS ORCHESTRA leader BARRY COLLINS conducted by JOHN matheson
Act 1 The living-room of Eisenstein's apartments