Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus

156 mins | Comedy, Music | Jan. 1, 1986

Performances from Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wachter, the Choir und Ballet der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Rosalinde, wife of Eisenstein, is having an affair with Alfred. Eisenstein is due to begin a prison sentence the next morning, and the prison governor, Frank, is expected to collect him at any moment. However, Eisenstein allows himself to be talked into attending a fancy dress ball by Dr Falke, and when Frank arrives to find Alfred with Rosalinde, he assumes him to be Eisenstein and carts him off to prison.

Die Fledermaus

156 mins | Comedy, Music | Jan. 1, 1986

Die Fledermaus
Performances from Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wachter, the Choir und Ballet der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Rosalinde, wife of Eisenstein, is having an affair with Alfred. Eisenstein is due to begin a prison sentence the next morning, and the prison governor, Frank, is expected to collect him at any moment. However, Eisenstein allows himself to be talked into attending a fancy dress ball by Dr Falke, and when Frank arrives to find Alfred with Rosalinde, he assumes him to be Eisenstein and carts him off to prison.
Producers Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutsche Grammophon, Unitel
Original title Die Fledermaus
Directors Brian Large, Otto Schenk
Writers Johann Strauss

Cast

Eberhard Wächter

as Gabriel von Eisenstein

Pamela Coburn

as Rosalinde

Benno Kusche

as Frank

Brigitte Fassbaender

as Prinz Orlovsky

Josef Hopferwieser

as Alfred

Wolfgang Brendel

as Dr. Falke

Ferry Gruber

as Dr. Blind

Janet Perry

as Adele

Franz Muxeneder

as Frosch

Ivan Unger

as Ivan