Premiere 5/12/2024 Subsequent performances: 8*, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22*, 25*, 27, 29* December 2024 | Curtain-up: 19:30 / *14:00 | Ticket sales start on: 7 May 2024 | Price Category: A | Location: Main Stage, Dutch National Opera & Ballet New production for DNO Operetta in three acts Sung in German Libretto Karl Haffner and Richard Genée Musical direction Lorenzo Viotti Stage director Barrie Kosky Set designer Rebecca Ringst Costume designer Klaus Bruns Lighting designer Joachim Klein Choreography Otto Pichler Rosalinde von Eisenstein Jacquelyn Stucker Gabriel von Eisenstein Audun Iversen Adele Sydney Mancasola Alfred Miles Mykkanen Dr. Falke Thomas Oliemans Dr. Blind Mark Omvlee Frank Frederik Bergman Orlofsky Marina Viotti Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera Chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper Co-production with Bayerische Staatsoper Munich Disguises, a decadent party and an awful lot of champagne. With chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti in charge of the music and Barrie Kosky directing, Dutch National Opera will be lighting up the dark December days with ‘Waltz King’ Johann Strauss II’s most popular operetta. Dr. Falke plots revenge against his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein for making him look like a fool in front of the whole of Vienna when dressed in a bat costume. Falke’s cunning plan plays out during a magnificent party organised by Prince Orlofsky, where things start to escalate quickly. Barrie Kosky’s staging not only tells the story of a practical joke getting out of hand, it also reveals the dark side of the bourgeois Viennese society that is at the heart of Die Fledermaus. In a spectacular production – featuring show-stopping choreographies by Otto Pichler – Kosky endearingly presents us with a group of decadent people collectively waltzing their way to the abyss. Charm and sentiment It was a longstanding wish of chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti to show his lighter side. He has a great love of Viennese sentiment, the charm of operetta, and of swirling waltzes, and now, with this production, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra will sparkle in the orchestra pit under his baton. Lorenzo Viotti and Barrie Kosky, who have previously collaborated on a three-year Puccini cycle, will delve into the world of operetta together with an ensemble of top-notch artists. With acclaimed mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti as Prince Orlofsky, soprano Jacquelyn Stucker as a glorious Rosalinde, baritone Audun Iversen as a passionate Gabriel von Eisenstein and soprano Sydney Mancasola as a bubbly Adele, operetta fireworks are guaranteed. As Dr. Falke, audience favourite Thomas Oliemans will be setting all the events of the operetta in motion. Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss II (1825 – 1899) The ultimate operetta 31
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