Die Fledermaus

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Die Fledermaus is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée.

The original text

The original source for Die Fledermaus is Das Gefängnis (The Prison), a farce by German playwright Roderich Benedix and the famous .

The operetta premiered in 1874.

For more on the operetta and its history, see for example the Wikipedia entry on it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Fledermaus

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1981: Staged in English by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1981.

Sources

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