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DIE FLEDERMAUS
Opera Southwest 2008
OPERETTA IN TWO ACTS
JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée.
After the play Das Gefängnis by Julius Roderich Benedix
First performed: April 5, 1874 at the Theater and der Wien in Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR - Anthony Barrese
STAGE DIRECTOR - David Bartholomew
CHORUS MASTER - Paul Bower
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR - Gary Cassity
New production created by Opera Southwest
CAST
ALFRED, an admirer of Rosalinda - Alex Richardson
ADELE, a chambermaid - Amy Mahoney
ROSALINDA von Eisenstein - Shana Blake Hill
GABRIEL von Eisenstein - David Hamilton
DR. STUTTERBECK, a lawyer - Sam Shepperson
DR. FALKE - Peter Halverson
WARDEN FRANK - Ron Loyd
PRINCE ORLOFSKY - Deborah Domanski
IDA, Adele's sister - Jessica Taylor
FROSCH, a jailor - Michael M. Mahoney
DANCERS - Jennifer Boren, Katherine Giese,
B. Christopher Armijo, Joseph Gonzales, Joey Montoya
Chorus of Party Goers, Servants
Opera Southwest Orchestra
Chorus: Opera Southwest Chorus
OCTOBER 4, 5(M), 10, 12(M) 2008
Polka Unter der Donner und Blitz:
Excerpt from Orlofsky's Aria (revised text by Kristen Barrett):