Opera: Die Fledermaus

Johann Strauss' famous operetta Die Fledermaus takes us to Austria, between the world wars. The actress Rosalinde and her husband Eisenstein are in Vienna to celebrate the New Year. At the suggestion of their friend Dr. Falke, they are staying at the Imperial Hotel. Unbeknownst to both of them, Falke has hired the hotel concierge as part of his revenge plot on Eisenstein, two years in the making. Falke has even found an old lover of Rosalinde—an “unemployed” tenor named Alfred—to keep Rosalinde busy, along with a troupe of actors and dancers paid for by a bored Russian aristocrat, Prince Orlofsky.

Presented by Western Michigan University's Opera Workshop. 

Emanuel-Cristian Caraman, Director.