Johann Strauss II

The Bat

Tickets

Overview

Duration: 2 hours (with intermission after the second act)

Operetta in three acts

Libretto: Karl Haffner and Richard Genée

First performance: Vienna, April 5, 1874

German with explanations in English, French, Spanish

Dates

Abstract

Gabriel von Eisenstein has to report to prison to start a week's sentence for insulting a police officer. His friend Dr. Falke persuades him to spend his last night of freedom at a ball given by Prince Orlofsky. In reality, however, Dr. Falke is planning revenge for a prank Eisenstein had played on him, and initiates Eisentstein's wife Rosalinde and her maid Adele into the plot.

Cast

Production: Adi Fischer

Choreography: Sylvia Wenschau

Set design: Günther Schneider-Siemssen

Costumes: Friedl Aicher

Sculptor: Josef Magnus

Light: Philippe Brunner / Alexander Proschek

Sound: Alexander Proschek

Puppeteers: Philippe Brunner, Anne-Lise Droin, Pierre Droin, Vladimir Fediakov, Edouard Funck, Heide Hölzl, Max Kiener, Marion Mayer, Emanuel Paulus, Eva Wiener, Ursula Winzer

Singers: Hanns Bergen, Anton Dermota, Hilde Güden, August Jaresch, Wilma Lipp, Julius Patzak, Alfred Poell, Kurt Preger, Sieglinde Wagner

Speakers: Otto David, Adi Fischer, Hannes Franken, Christl Haumer, Lola Kneidinger, Hans Schellbach, Anneliese Stöckl, Jutta Tenor