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DESCRIPTION:Short synopsis\nGabriel von Eisenstein has to serve a short pri
 son sentence for slander. His friend Falke advises him to first live it up
  at Prince Orlofsky’s masked ball\, but without his wife Rosalinde knowi
 ng. In the meantime Rosalinde’s plans to entertain her lover Alfred are 
 thwarted when Alfred instead of Eisenstein is taken off to prison by the p
 rison governor. Rosalinde also goes to Orlofsky’s ball… Eisenstein mak
 es every effort to seduce an unknown\, masked beauty who filches his fine 
 watch. The next day\, when Eisenstein reports at the prison where Alfred i
 s locked up in his place\, all the strange goings-on come to light and Eis
 enstein realizes he seduced his own wife at the ball (as the watch proves)
 . The chapter is declared closed and the champagne is blamed for everythin
 g…\nJohann Strauss II\nAs a boy Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) was banned
  by his father\, the founder of the ‘Strauss dynasty’\, from taking up
  music professionally. Without his father’s knowledge\, he secretly stud
 ied violin and composition\, and in 1844 he founded his own orchestra\, wh
 ich initially competed with that of his father but amalgamated with it on 
 his death. Their repertoire consisted mainly of home-grown waltzes\, polka
 s and other dances. As well as quadrilles\, polkas and marches Johann II a
 lso composed some 400 waltzes (including An der schönen\, blauen Donau\, 
 Rosen aus dem Süden and Kaiser-Walzer)\, which rightly gained him the tit
 le of ‘Walzerkönig’\, the Waltz King. With his 24-man orchestra he to
 ured Europe and performed in Russia and the United States of America\, thu
 s taking the popularity of the Viennese waltz to dizzying new heights. In 
 1871 Strauss turned his attention to the theatre for the first time and be
 gan composing operettas\, apparently encouraged by Jacques Offenbach. He w
 rote sixteen of them\, the most famous being Die Fledermaus (1874)\, Eine 
 Nacht in Venedig (1883) and Der Zigeunerbaron (1885). He also composed one
  opera\, Ritter Pazman (1892)\, which however never managed to retain its 
 place in the repertoire\, and a ballet\, Aschenbrödel\, which was unfinis
 hed on his death. All his works combine a melodic richness with tremendous
  vitality and refinement\, earning him the great admiration of composers l
 ike Verdi and Wagner\, but also of Brahms and Schoenberg (who even adapted
  several of Strauss’ waltzes for his Verein für musikalische Privat-Auf
 führungen). Johann Strauss II’s music is still so popular that it colou
 rs our image of Vienna.
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LOCATION:De Munt/ La Monnaie
SUMMARY:Die Fledermaus - Opera in concert
URL:http://www.lamonnaie.be/en/opera/237/Die-Fledermaus
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