Fledermaus-- If one ignores "The Gondoliers," possibly the operetta with the happiest melodies is Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat). There are a few recordings of this gem in the ...

Combining comedy, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements with breathtaking music makes Johann Strauss (ii)'s "Die Fledermaus" one of the most popular operettas in the world... And Die ...

Combining comedy, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements with breathtaking music makes Johann Strauss II's “Die Fledermaus” one of the most popular operettas in the world… And Die Fledermaus ...

One would never expect director Christopher Alden to be merely trivial and he and Johann Strauss II, the Emperor of waltz and schmaltz, are hardly the most obvious bedfellows. His London/Toronto ...

A lavish party, a philandering husband and a wife in disguise — what could go wrong? Audiences will find out when New Philharmonic, under the direction of Kirk Muspratt, performs Johann Strauss II’s ...

Is there any other opera in the rep that so resembles champagne as the heady, intoxicating Die Fledermaus (“The Bat,” 1874), from Johann Strauss II? Opera in the Heights’s production is certainly ...

Lyrical Opera Theater is presenting Die Fledermaus, by Johann Strauss: A timeless tale of mistaken identities and champagne-fueled escapades. Lynnette Owens joins Mary Dickson to talk about the ...

When Aryssa Burrs took the stage for her first college opera, Johann Strass’ “Die Fledermaus,” as a freshman, she was a member of the chorus. Now, as a second-year Bienen master’s student, she is set ...

This is a man who puts the horrid word “societal” into a programme note not once but twice; and his eagerness to make this masterpiece of Viennese operetta seem relevant, edgy and streetwise leads him ...