(The Bat) by JOHANN STRAUSS conducted by Carlos Kleiber
Today is very much
Johann Strauss (son) day. Following the Vienna New Year's Day concert this morning, one of the wittiest of all operettas comes tonight from the Bavarian State Opera House in Munich, where it was recorded at yesterday's traditional New Year's Eve performance. Doktor Falke is the bat of the title who aims to play a complicated practical joke on his old friend Eisenstein. Rosalinde, Eisenstein's wife, Adele, their maid, and Count Orlofsky are his accomplices.
BAVARIAN STATE ORCHESTRA
CHORUS AND BALLET OF THE
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA Choreography GUDRUN LEBEN Designer
GUNTHER SCHNEIDER-SIEMSSEN Stage producer OTTO SCHENK
English subtitles by ROY TIPPING Television director BRIAN LARGE Television production by BAVARIAN TELEVISION
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