1/02/16 – DIE FLEDERMAUS @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera
Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II
Libretto by Karl Haffner
Approximate running time 3 hrs 45 mins
James Levine brings his incomparable musicianship to Johann Strauss, Jr.’s beloved operetta for the first time in his 45-year Met career. The Met’s glittering recent production stars soprano Susanna Phillips as Rosalinde, tenor Toby Spence as her philandering husband, Eisenstein, and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in the glamorous trouser role of Prince Orlofsky.
Sung in: English
Conductor
James Levine
Rosalinde
Susanna Phillips
Adele
Lucy Crowe
Orlofsky
Susan Graham
Eisenstein
Toby Spence
Alfred
Dimitri Pittas
Dr. Falke
Paulo Szot
Frank
Alan Opie
Photo Credits: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera