Die Fledermaus

Starring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Dennis O'Neill, et al.

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: October 2003
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Bayview/Widowmaker
• Director: Humphrey Burton
• Starring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Dennis O'Neill, Hildegard Heichele, Paul Crook, Benjamin Luxon, Michael Langdon, Ingrid Baier, Doris Soffel, Richard Hazell
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

A tale of revenge

I do not want to go into the details of the story in case this is your first introduction to “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss. However, it is a lighthearted tale about a man, Dr. Falke “Her Dr. Fledermaus” (Benjamin Luxon), getting back at his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein (Hermann Prey) for an embarrassing moment. The story starts off quite simply and gets more complex as it goes, turning into a farce, then a bit of slapstick, then into a revelation, and the last laugh. This is my favorite version of the story, as all of the people here are well-known today. During the second act, they even deviate from the story to allow a lot of the individual performers to perform individually, such as Dame Hilda Bracket & Dr. Evadne Hinge singing “Three Little Maids” from The Mikado, and Charles Aznavour's “She.” It is a fun break. Even the conductor, Placido Domingo, gets a chance to enter back here and into several other parts of the play.