Die Fledermaus / a BBC TV, Royal Opera House, RM Arts co-production ; [music] by Johann Strauss ; libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée ; English version, John Mortimer ; producer, [stage director], John Cox ; produced by John Vernon ; directed for television by Humphrey Burton.

Format Video (DVD)
Production[London] : RM Associates, [2000]
DistributionChatsworth, California : Distributed by Image Entertainment
Copyright Date©1990
Description1 videodisc (197 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorHaffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1876, librettist.
Other author/creatorGenée, Richard, 1823-1895, librettist.
Other author/creatorMortimer, John, 1923-2009, translator.
Other author/creatorCox, John, 1935 March 12- director, production personnel.
Other author/creatorVernon, John, 1927- producer.
Other author/creatorBurton, Humphrey, 1931-2025, director.
Other author/creatorHalévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908, bibliographic antecedent.
Other author/creatorBenedix, Roderich, 1811-1873, bibliographic antecedent.
Other author/creatorHowarth, Judith, singer.
Other author/creatorGustafson, Nancy, singer.
Other author/creatorBottone, Bonaventura, singer.
Other author/creatorOtey, Louis, singer.
Other author/creatorDobson, John, 1930- singer.
Other author/creatorMichaels-Moore, Anthony, singer.
Other author/creatorGarrett, Eric, 1931-2009, singer.
Other author/creatorKowalski, Jochen, 1954- singer.
Other author/creatorSutherland, Joan, 1926-2010, performer.
Other author/creatorPavarotti, Luciano, performer.
Other author/creatorHorne, Marilyn, performer.
Other author/creatorBonynge, Richard, conductor.
Included WorkStrauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Fledermaus. English.
Included WorkMeilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Réveillon.
Other author/creatorRoyal Opera House (London, England), performer, producer.
Other author/creatorBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, producer.
Other author/creatorRM Arts (Firm), producer.
Other author/creatorReiner Moritz Associates, publisher.
Other author/creatorImage Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
SeriesAl Jones collection
Al Jones collection.
Partial contents Added to party scene: Donner und Blitzen polka / [Strauss] ; Derek Deane, choreography ([Dancers of the Royal Ballet]) -- Rataplan chorus : from La fille du regiment / Donizetti (Royal Opera) -- É la solita storia : from L'Arlesiana / Cilea (Pavarotti) -- Serbami ognor si fido il cor : from Semiramide / Rossini (Sutherland, Horne) -- Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix : from Samson et Dalila / Saint-Saëns (Horne) -- Parigi, o caro, noi lasceremo : from La traviata / Verdi (Pavarotti, Sutherland) -- Home sweet home / Henry Bishop (Sutherland) -- Frühlingstimmenwalzer [i.e. Frühlingsstimmenwalzer / [Strauss] ; Frederick Ashton, choreography (Viviana Durante, Stuart Cassidy, dancers).
Abstract Baron von Eisenstein is supposed to go to jail for eight days for a minor offense, but decides to attend a ball first. When the governor of the jail comes to take him away he finds the Baroness entertaining a former suitor. To avoid difficulty, she persuades the suitor to pose as her husband and go to jail for a night but when she goes to the ball alone she faces other complications.
General noteBased on Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after Roderich Benedix' Das Gefängnis.
General noteFeatures Dame Joan Sutherland's farewell to the Royal Opera House, with guest appearances by Luciano Pavarotti and Marilyn Horne.
CreditsChoreographers, Derek Deane, Frederick Ashton ; camera supervisor, Nick Jordan ; editor, Steve Eveleigh.
Performer Judith Howarth (Adele) ; Nancy Gustafson (Rosalinde) ; Bonaventura Bottone (Alfredo) ; Louis Otey (Gabriel von Eisenstein) ; John Dobson (Dr. Blind) ; Anthony Michaels-Moore (Dr. Falke) ; Eric Garrett (Colonel Frank) ; Jochen Kowalski (Prince Orlofsky) ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Richard Bonynge, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Technical detailsDVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo.
LanguageSung in English with optional subtitles.
Genre/formOperas.
Genre/formFeature films.
UPC 014381579727
Publisher numberID5797RMDVD Image Entertainment
Publisher numberID5797RADVD Image Entertainment
Stock numberMidwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com

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