The operetta starts with a sparkling overture, with tunes from the last act and then the fledermaus waltz of the second act party. Met opera on demand delivers instant access to more than 500 met performances, including live in hd videos, classic telecasts and radio broadcasts. Witty, fun, intoxicating film of johann strauss iis popular operetta, based on a stage production from vienna state opera. The eisensteins home the curtain opens on an empty room. It consists of a number of melodies which will be sung during the course of the operetta. Performed by the royal opera with an amazing performance by the legendary kiri te kanawa a fun and escapist production. Gottfried maria kauffman was born in the fifteenth district of vienna. Download the new ipad app to watch on your tv with apple tv via airplay.
With barry vane, kandi johnson, tyler reynolds, mira vane. It is based on johann strauss iis 1874 work of the same name. Open the champagne, have yourself some torte, and enjoy this delectable comedy from vienna. Placido domingo conducts this stunning rendition of johann strauss opera. His father was the noted vienna organ builder, johann m. Royal opera house covent garden, london, 31 december 31 1990 johann strau. The film was made by terra film, one of major german production companies of the nazi era.
Noone interprets the role of orlofsky better than brigitte fassbaender and with lucia popp and edita gruberova taking the two female leads the viewerlistener is in for a treat. The kauffmanns had indeed been active in vienna as organ builders since 1877. Gundula janowitz, eberhard waechter, wolfgang windgassen, heinz holecek, and erick kunz star in this strauss operetta with karl boehm conducting the vienna philharmonic. Operette uitvoeringen op dvd theaterboekwinkel veilig online. When you plan an act of revenge against your friends for what they did to you while you was in a state of drunkenness. Anstatt eine arreststrafe anzutreten, begleitet dr. This 2003 glyndebourne production is not bad at all, in fact its quite good with a great cast. Blind erich kuchar ida silvia lukan frosch otto schenk wiener philharmoniker and wiener staatsopernchor conductor karl bohm 1972. Audio was recorded november 212 1972, filming in vienna film studios january 24february 16, 1972. The bee, a female superhero, tries to thwart the plans of the diabolical archvillain the bat. On 10 september 1872, a threeact french vaudeville play by henri meilhac and ludovic halevy, le reveillon, loosely based on the benedix farce, opened at the theatre du palaisroyal.