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DIE FLEDERMAUS
By Johann Strauss, II
VIDEO: 180 min., German language with some English,
HiFi Stereo, Color, -- The Royal Opera House presents DIE
FLEDERMAUS by Johann Strauss, the best and most loved operetta by
the Waltz King. An international array of talent appears in this
traditional Viennese comedy with Kiri Te Kanawa as Rosalinde, Hermann
Prey as Eisenstein, Hildegard Keichele as Adele and Benjamin Luxon as
Dr. Falke. Invite some friends and enjoy this great play at home.
Comes with printed dialogue booklet (libretto). [preceding blurb
in the German Language Video Center catalog] OUT OF PRINT: FOR
RENTAL ONLY as Order #TH 2791 in the German Language Video Center
catalog. It's just sheer fun--the blurb is correct--and Domingo
conducts. Has recently been re-issued as CVI 2023. Do not recall
subtitles. But the polyglot (and occasionally deliberately phony!)
linguistic variety the entire cast indulges in is part of the fun
and--mostly-- hilariously clear. [G.R.]
AUDIO: A) DECCA/LONDON: Walter Berry, Hilde Gueden,
Waldemar Kmentt, von Karajan conducting; the best edition of this
includes an impromptu gala recital by Ljuba Welitsch, Birgit Nilsson,
Joan Sutherland, Giulietta Simionato, Jussi Bjoerling, et al in the
second act! stereo [G.R.]
B) DECCA/LONDON: Alfred Poell, Hilde Gueden, Julius Patzak,
Clemens Krauss conducting; defines gemutlichkeit; all dialogue
sections omitted; in mono [G.R.]
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