Die Fledermaus (The Bat)

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By Johann Strauss

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Conductor: David Aronson/Stage Director: Rosemarie Danziger

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

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A Spectacular Operetta Production!

For the First time in Israel! An extravagant musical evening!
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Featuring The Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection Singers, guest stars from the world’s leading opera houses, a duo of virtuoso ballet dancers, the Acapella Singers of Jerusalem and Shahar Choir of Rehovot, under the guidance of Judi Axelrod and Gila Brill.
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Cast

Tenor Alexander Kravets (Metropolitan Opera, NY; Covent Garden, London; La Scala, Milano; La Monnaie, Brussels; Teatro Real, Madrid)

Baritone Peter Edelmann (Vienna State Opera; Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Bastille, Paris; Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; The International Operetta Festival Seefestspiele Mörbisch, Austria)

Soprano Eugenia Dushina (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris; Solothurn Opera, Switzerland; The International Operetta Festival Seefestspiele Mörbisch, Austria; Klosterneuburg Opera, Austria)

Tenor Martin Mairinger (Klagenfurt Opera, Austria; Solothurn Opera, Switzerland; The Greek National Opera, Athens)

Soprano Christina Maria Fercher (Staatsoperette Dresden; Schleswig-Holstein Theater, Flensburg, Germany)

Bass-Baritone Ivan Zinovyev (Theater an der Wien, Vienna; Festival Oper im Steinbruch, Austria)

Tenor Clemens Kerschbaumer (La Scala, Milano; Salzburg Festival; Stadttheater Baden, Austria; The Opera of Klosterneuburg, Austria)

Mezzo Soprano Christiane Döcker (Leipzig Opera, Germany)

Soprano Sivan Keren (The Israeli Opera)

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Ballet

Prima Ballerina Shiori Fukuda

Principal Dancer Mstislav Arefyev

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Actors

Acrobat Tal Asher, Actor Joel Landshut, Tap Dancer Yitzhak Ben Meir

Kids and Adults from the Jerusalem English Theater Community

Aviya Brooks, David Lev-Gabbay, Ariella Gillman, Heleni Berk, Shlomo Goren

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The beloved operetta “Die Fledermaus” (”The Bat”) by Johann Strauss receives a fresh and lavish realization in the nimble hand of Stage Director Rosemarie Danziger and the idiom-sure baton of Maestro David Aronson. The extravagant star-studded show brings together excellent operatic singing, brilliant comic acting, classical ballet, spectacular silhouette-show and many surprises! The authentic Viennese spirit, the beautiful flowing tunes sung by young stars alongside world-famous stars, reaches its climax at Prince Orlofsky’s ball.

The prince treats his guests generously to a Champaign fountain flowing in abundance, gaming tables, dance, and fun. Amid all of this light spirited intoxication, Orlofsky offers his guests the finest entertainment: the Grand pas de deux from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” danced by world-class award-winning dancers.   

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With all that opulence, the story remains a story of sly pranks, false identities, and infidelity which never happened. But in operetta as in operetta there is always a happy end and Moral wins!

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You are invited to take part in the feast. Feel free to be spellbound and swept off your feet!

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The Operetta will be sung in the original German and the dialogs will be spoken in English. There will be Hebrew and Russian titles.
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