Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus is one of the few operatic works to which the phrase `never a dull moment' can be truthfully applied. From the explosive opening of the famous overture - reminiscent of a volley of champagne corks - through the surging energy of the `Fledermaus Waltz' and the many comic numbers, of which the accelerando trio is the finest, up to such huge concerted numbers as the `Duidu' finale to Act II, this is an operetta which almost incarnates nostalgia. Thomson Smillie and David Timson ...