(The Bat)
Operetta in three acts
Music by Johann Strauss
Libretto by CARL HAFFNER and RICHARD GENÉE (sung in German) (gramophone records)
Die Fledermaus was Strauss's third stage work. and one whose ideal fusion of libretto and music has created the most famous and best loved of all operettas.
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by WILLI BOSKOVSKY Act 1
3.45* The Bat's Rise to Fame A talk by PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
4.0* Die Fledermaus Acts 2 and 3