| Other author/creator | Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1876, librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Genée, Richard, 1823-1895, librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Wächter, Eberhard, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Coburn, Pamela, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Fassbaender, Brigitte performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hopferwieser, Josef, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Brendel, Wolfgang, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Perry, Janet, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Kleiber, Carlos, 1930-2004 conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Large, Brian director. |
| Other author/creator | Schenk, Otto director. |
| Included Work | Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908 Réveillon. |
| Included Work | Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Réveillon. |
| Included Work | Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Fledermaus. |
| Other author/creator | Bayerische Staatsoper München. |
| Other author/creator | Bayerisches Staatsorchester performer. |
| Other author/creator | Deutsche Grammophon Video. |
| Other author/creator | Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH. |
| Other author/creator | Bayerischer Rundfunk. |
| Abstract |
"Eisenstein is due to report to prison, having defaulted on his taxes. He is induced, however, to attend a fancy-dress party at Prince Orlofsky's, by his friend Dr Falke, who plans revenge for having been abandoned on a previous occasion to go home in his costume of a bat. Eisenstein's wife takes the opportunity of his absence for an assignation in her house with Alfred, who is mistaken by Frank, the prison governor, for her husband and taken to prison. Adele has sought various excuses for taking time off and in a borrowed dress attends Prince Orlofsky's party, where Rosalinde also appears, disguised as a Hungarian countess. In a play of disguises and partly mistaken identities Eisenstein flirts with his own wife and toasts, under the guise of the Marquis Renard, the prison governor Frank, introduced as the Chevalier Chagrin. They leave together, Eisenstein now intending to report to the prison. There the gaoler Frosch has drunken objections to the singing of Alfred. Adele and her sister, who have dramatic ambitions, seek Frank's help in furthering their stage careers, while Eisenstein, who now arrives, cannot persuade Frank at first of his identity and when he learns that the supposed Eisenstein is already in prison is suspicious of Rosalinde. Disguised as his lawyer Dr Blind, he cross-examines Rosalinde and Alfred, but she retaliates, when he reveals his identity, by producing Eisenstein's watch, which the supposed Hungarian countess had received from him at Prince Orlofsky's. Falke admits his part in the plot, Rosalinde and Alfred claim their assignation as a part of it, and all ends in apparent satisfaction."--Www.Naxos.com (as viewed on May 23, 2007). |
| General note | Operetta in 3 acts. |
| General note | Produced by the Bavarian Radio, Munich in association with UNITEL Film- und Pernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich. |
| General note | Originally produced in 1987. |
| General note | Program notes in English, German and French (23 p. ; ill.) in container. |
| General note | Bonus: trailer, Carlos Kleiber : the legend. |
| Credits | Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée after Meilhac and Halévy ; stage production, Otto Schenk ; set designer, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; video director, Brian Large ; costume design, Silvia Strahammer. |
| Performer |
Pamela Coburn, Janet Perry, sopranos ; Brigitte Fassbaender, contralto ; Josef Hopferwieser, tenor ; Eberhard Wächter, Wolfgang Brendel, baritones ; other soloists ; ballet and chorus of the Bavarian State Opera ; Bavarian State Orchestra ; Carlos Kleiber, conductor. |
| Technical details | DVD, NTSC, region 0, 4:3; DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM stereo. |
| Language | In German with English, French and Chinese subtitles. |
| Genre/form | Concert films. |
| Genre/form | Operetta Performance. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| UPC |
044007340158 |
| Publisher number | B0003840-09 Deutsche Grammophon |
| Stock number | Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com |
