On Easter Sunday in 1874, the operetta "Die Fledermaus (The bat)" by Johann Strauss II was performed for the first time at the Theater an der Wien. The performance was quite successful. There were 40 performances en suite, and only the illness of a leading actress, who subsequently left the ensemble, ended the series. However, the special status of the operetta as the pinnacle of the entire genre was not recognized until later, first in Berlin and Budapest. In Vienna, the critics raised all sorts of objections after the premiere, especially against the libretto by Richard Genée. Today these objections are found ridiculous, and if the American film industry had already been in the habit of awarding particularly successful products with a whole series of awards, then "The Bat" would have deserved a few Oscars: at least for the music, but also for the cleverly structured book and for the best supporting role (because the prison servant frog later became the obligatory “third-act comedian” in operettas). And there would have been a special Oscar for the overture to "The Bat": because its ingenious structure, the charming interplay of motifs and its enchanting, brilliant verve was unmatched by any later operetta prelude. Like the entire operetta, it is a top work of its kind.
Johann Strauss (Sohn): Ouverture zu «Die Fledermaus» © by WJSO-Archive
Wednesday, 07. January 202618.30 o' clock Sapporo Art Theater Hitaru
Concert in Sapporo Art Theater Hitaru
Johannes Wildner conductor Cirque de la Symphonie circus artists
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Josef Strauss : Watercolours / Waltz op. 258 Johann Strauss II : Egyptian March op. 335 Christoph Willibald Gluck : «Dance of The Furies» von Orphée et Euridice George Bizet : Suite No. 2 «Dance Boheme» Aram Chatschaturjan : Waltz from «Masquerade» Manuel De Falla : Spanischer Tanz von «La Vida Breve» Break Charles Gounod : Spiegel-Tanz aus der Balletmusik aus Faust Bedřich Smetana : Tanz der Komödianten aus "Die verkaufte Braut" Josef Strauss : Without a Care! / Quick polka op. 271 Manuel De Falla : Ritual Fire Dance from «El Aor Brujo» Amilcare Ponchielli : Dance of the Hours Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Jacques Offenbach : Can-Can aus „Orpheus in der Unterwelt“ Johann Strauss II : Voices of Spring / Waltz op. 410 Edward Elgar : Pomp & Circumstances March
Sapporo Art Theater Hitaru Kita 1 Jonishi, 1 Chome 札幌市民交流プラザ 4F Chuo Ward, 〒060-0001 Hokkaido, Sapporo Japan Show Map
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