Die Fledermaus (The Bat)

The corks pop and the champagne flows in this sparkling production of
Johann Strauss's world-famous operetta with the ensemble of the Bavarian
State Opera. Carlos Kleiber conducts Strauss's music with a temperament,
vigor and sensuality that bring to mind contemporary reports on Johann
Strauss's own conducting style: "His whole body was conducting - the
hands, head, eyes, torso and feet of the master". But Kleiber can also
invoke another inspired model and predecessor for his interpretation: in
1894, Gustav Mahler conducted the work at the Hamburg Stadttheater,
lavishing his usual care and precision on it and paving its way into the
repertoire of all major opera houses.

Composer:	Johann Strauß Jr.
Title:	Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
Conductor:	Carlos Kleiber
Staged By:	Otto Schenk
Soloist:	Pamela Coburn, Eberhard Waechter, Janet Perry, Benno Kusche, Brigitte Fassbaender, Josef Hopferwieser, Wolfgang Brendel, Ferry Gruber
Set:	Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Orchestra:	Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chorus:	Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Choreography:	Gudrun Leben
Danced by:	Bayerisches Staatsballett
Video Director:	Brian Large
Genre:	Operetta
Length:	154 minutes
Cat.No.:	A05006298

The DVD is also released by Dreamlife in Japan.