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Die Fledermaus
(The Bat)

Music by Johann Straus II

Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée
Based on Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
First Performance Vienna, Theater an der Wien, April 5, 1874

The Articles
Detailed Synopsis
Notes
The Strauss Family
Johann Strauss II and Die Fledermaus
The Sources
Richard Genée
 

Halévy and Meilhac
Operetta
The Waltz and the Czardas
Vienna and the Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Theater an der Wien
Teachers' Resources

The Cast
(in order or vocal appearance)

Revised June 2011
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