Die Fledermaus

Opera: Work details

Composer: Johann Strauss
Music title: Die Fledermaus (1874)
Librettist: Carl Haffner
Librettist: Richard Genée
Work definition: Komische Operette in three acts
Title notes: English title: 'The Bat'
After: After the vaudeville play 'Le Réveillon' by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Language: German
World premiere: 5 April 1874, Theater an der Wien, Vienna
ROH premiere: 6 May 1930, Grand Opera Syndicate Limited
ROH company premiere: 31 December 1977, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Die Fledermaus (1977) The Royal Opera (14 performances online)

Performances not linked to a production
28 June 1988 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 July 1988 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
12 December 1996 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
17 July 2010 Matinee 1.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
17 July 2016 Matinee 12.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London