The read
It runs long at 2h 36m.
Synopsis
Performances from Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wachter, the Choir und Ballet der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Rosalinde, wife of Eisenstein, is having an affair with Alfred. Eisenstein is due to begin a prison sentence the next morning, and the prison governor, Frank, is expected to collect him at any moment. However, Eisenstein allows himself to be talked into attending a fancy dress ball by Dr Falke, and when Frank arrives to find Alfred with Rosalinde, he assumes him to be Eisenstein and carts him off to prison.
Ratings
IMDb8.8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Johann Strauss IIOriginal Music Composer
- Brian LargeDirector
- Otto SchenkDirector
- Johann Strauss IIWriter
Cast
- Eberhard WächterGabriel von Eisenstein
- Pamela CoburnRosalinde
- Janet PerryAdele
- Benno KuscheFrank
- Brigitte FassbaenderPrinz Orlovsky
- Josef HopferwieserAlfred
- Wolfgang BrendelDr. Falke
- Ferry GruberDr. Blind
- Franz MuxenederFrosch
- Ivan UngerIvan
- Irene SteinbeisserIda
- Carlos KleiberSelf - Conductor
Themes
operamistaken identityoperetta