Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes (till 21:50)


Schedule for Die Fledermaus Operetta in two acts by Johann Strauss 2022

Composer: Johann Strauss

Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

Opera in 3 acts

THE BAT
Operetta in two acts by Johann Strauss
performs in russian language
libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genee
directed by KERO Miklos Gabor Kerenyi (Hungary)

Edited by — Istvan Kallai and Gyorgy Bohm (Hungary)
Russian text — Sergey Volskiy
Lyrics — Eugeny Gerken and Sergey Volskiy
Musical leader and conductor — Peter Guth (Austria)
Conductors — Maksim Alekseev, Arif Dadashev
Set design by — Khell Csorsz (Hungary)
Costume designer — Irina Dolgova
Ballet master — Jeno Loscei (Hungary)
Chief chorus master — Alexey Nefedov

Opening night took place on 30th of October 2010.
“The Bat” is one of the most brilliant among operettas in the whole history of genre. It is still staged to this very day in theatres enriching the repertoire of both opera and operetta companies. It is hard to believe today that opening of “The Bat” that took place on 5th of April 1874 in Vienna got a cool welcome and was presented to the audience just 17 times. Only after one hundred performance in Berlin Vienna reverted to this play again. It is hard to find one more operetta which was conducted by such prominent conductors as Gustav Mahler, Bruno Walter, Felix Weingartner, Hans Knappertsbusch, Herbert von Karajan.

The story took place in Vienna. Intrigue decided by one of the heroes is nothing but a practical joke: everybody are cheating each other, flirting, going the whole hog, imprisoning guiltless… And such a mess is happening in the vortex of waltzes and polkas of great Strauss, bringing delight to audience for already 130 years.

“The Bat” will be staged in our theatre already for the sixth time. Original libretto was created by well-known French play writers Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy on the base of funny comedy “Le Reveillon”. Budapest Operetta Theatre and authors of libretto Istvan Kallai and Gyorgy Bohm have created their own version. Performance will be staged by Hungarian director Miklos Gabor Kerenyi, he is already known well by St. Petersburg audience by his productions of “Bayader” and “Countess Maritza”. By this production theatre will continue collaboration with Hungarian masters of genre.