Die Fledermaus [videorecording] / Arts International Ltd., BBC Television and Royal Opera House, Convent Garden Ltd. ; [music] by Johann Strauss ; text by Haffner and Genée ; revised by Gerhard Bronner ; directed by Humphrey Burton ; produced by Leopold Lindtberg and Richard Gregson.
VHS format. "TVD 2791" A performance of Johann Strauss's operetta "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat) in three acts. Videocassette release of the 1984 production by Arts International Ltd., BBC Television and Royal Opera House, Convent Garden Ltd. Performed and recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden in London, on December 31, 1983. A libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée based on Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, with English translation, program notes, and synopsis by Arthur Hammond (56 p.) included. Sung in German; subtitles in English. Kiri te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Hildegard Heichele, Benjamin Luxon, Doris Soffel, The Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
Summary:
Baron von Eisenstein is supposed to go to jail for eight days for a minor offense, but decides to attend a ball first. When the governor of the jail comes to take him away he finds the Baroness entertaining a former suitor. To avoid difficulty she persuades the suitor to pose as her husband and go to jail for a night. She then goes to the ball alone and faces other complications. The next morning everyone arrives at the jail and all confusions are eventually cleared up.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)11563429 (OCoLC)17698736
Locations:
O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)
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