Lustig ist das alles nicht – Felix Rothenhäusler wagt an Strauß‘ „Die Fledermaus“ ein Experiment. He died on January 28, 1963 in … Susan Graham, in white, plays Prince Orlovsky in Houston Grand Opera's production of Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus." Adele, Eisenstein's maid, receives a forged letter, allegedly from her sister who is in the company of the ballet, but actually written by Falke, inviting her to Prince Orlofsky's ball. Die Fledermaus, (German: “The Bat”) operetta by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss the Younger (German libretto by Carl [or Karl] Haffner and Richard Genée) that premiered in Vienna on April 5, 1874. Franz Felix, Actor: Die Fledermaus. Some time before, after a costume-party, Eisenstein had abandoned Falke, very drunk and dressed in a bat-costume, in the center of town, exposing him to ridicule the next day. As part of his scheme, Falke has invited Frank, Adele, and Rosalinde to come the ball, all concealing their identities as well. Jetzt bin ich schon soooooo lange alleine hier in der Schule. Blind's wig and glasses in order to disguise himself and confront the impersonator Alfred, whom Eisenstein now believes has cuckolded him. Deezer: free music streaming. Die anderen Fledermäuse halten alle noch Winterschlaf.Dann habe ich mir was überlegt: Anstatt mich hier zu langweilen und darauf zu warten, dass was passiert, mach ich einfach mit!Ganz schön anstrengend. Frank further tells Eisenstein that the man he arrested was singing amorous songs to Rosalinde at the time of his arrest, and warmly kissed her goodbye. Enraged, Eisenstein takes Dr. Gabriel von Eisenstein, a Viennese man-about-town, has been sentenced to eight days in prison for insulting an official, partially due to the incompetence of his attorney, Dr. Ich bin´s – Felix, die Fledermaus!
It transpires that Falke, with Prince Orlofsky's permission, is using the ball as a way of getting revenge on Eisenstein. Rosalinde enters. Falke enters with all the guests from the party and explains that the whole thing was payback for Eisenstein's practical joke on him three years before. Es war sehr ambivalent, was jetzt Felix Rothenhäusler, Hausregisseur im Schauspiel am Theater Bremen, in … Eisenstein, Rosalinde, and Alfred sing a trio in which Eisenstein angrily claims the right of vengeance (Trio: "Ja, ich bin's, den ihr betrogen...Ra-ra-ra-ra-Rache will ich! Eisenstein enters and says he has come to serve his sentence. Felix, die Fledermaus (Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik) Songtext von Simone Sommerland, Karsten Glück und Die Kita-Frösche mit Lyrics, deutscher Übersetzung, Musik-Videos und … Alfred, still in jail in Eisenstein's place, irritates the other prisoners by singing operatic arias. She pretends the letter says that her aunt is very sick, and asks her mistress Rosalinde (Eisenstein's wife) for an evening off ("Da schreibt meine Schwester Ida"/"My sister Ida writes to me"). In order not to compromise Rosalinde, Alfred agrees to pretend to be Eisenstein and to accompany Frank. The original literary source for Die Fledermaus was Das Gefängnis (The Prison), a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix that premiered in Berlin in 1851. After Eisenstein leaves, Rosalinde is visited by her former lover, the singing teacher Alfred, who serenades her ("Täubchen, das entflattert ist"/"Dove that has escaped"). Diese betrafen die Markung am Tank, das Dochtschlüsselrad, den inneren Kamin, das Fülldeckellogo, das Tankgewinde und den Glasheber. Together, they recall a practical joke which Eisenstein played on Falke a few years ago, for which Falke is secretly planning a light-hearted revenge in kind.
Photo: Felix Sanchez, Photographer ("Mein Herr Marquis"/"My lord marquis," sometimes referred to as "Then Falke introduces the masked Rosalinde to the company.
Orlofsky promises to finance Adele's acting career, and the company joyfully reprises the "Champagne song" from Act 2. Background. Meanwhile, Alfred asks Frosch to summon Dr. Rosalinde refuses at first, and threatens to divorce him, but Eisenstein tells her that his misbehavior was caused by the champagne. Adele arrives to ask the Chevalier Chagrin (actually Frank) to sponsor her career as an actress, but Frank is not wealthy enough to do this (Melodrama; Couplet of Adele: "Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande"/"If I play the innocent peasant maid"). Falke, Eisenstein's friend, arrives to invite him to the ball (Duet: "Komm mit mir zum Souper"/"Come with me to the souper"). The ball is in progress (Chorus: "Ein Souper heut' uns winkt"/"A souper is before us") and the Prince welcomes his guests ("Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein"/"I love to invite my friends"). It is the best-known stage work by Strauss, whose fame rested mainly on his ballroom dance He is surprised when Frank tells him that his cell is already occupied by a man who claims to be Eisenstein and whom Frank had arrested in Eisenstein's apartment.