Die Fledermaus (DVD) - Domingo, Te Kanawa, Royal Opera
Composer: Johann Strauss
DVD Release Date: October 14, 2003
Conductor: Plácido Domingo
Director: Humphrey Burton
Artists:
Kiri Te Kanawa
Hermann Prey
Hildegard Heichele
Orchestra: Royal Opera
Label: Warner Music Group Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English, Spanish, Japanese
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Run Time: 176 minutes

In this Royal Opera performance of Die Fledermaus an international array of talent combines to perform one of Covent Garden's most glittering productions. Kiri Te Kanawa leads the cast, and Plácido Domingo conducts.

 

Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus

Johann Strauss’s beloved work, one of the jewels of the Golden Age of Viennese operetta, has long transcended its origins and become a staple of the operatic repertoire. It was first staged at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1874. Twenty years later, a production at the Hamburg Opera, led by its chief conductor Gustav Mahler, helped raise its artistic status, and many major opera companies have presented Die Fledermaus since, including the Met, where it was first seen in 1905. A new production featuring a revised English libretto opens on New Year's Eve 2013.