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Lyric Opera of Chicago on WRTI: Strauss' DIE FLEDERMAUS, June 14, 1 PM

Dan Rest
Michael Spyres, Bo Skovhus, and Juliane Banse in Lyric Opera of Chicago's Die Fledermaus

Shameless flirting, false identities, dance-to-dawn partying, and free-flowing champagne: Johann Strauss, Jr.’s paean to Partytown, also known as Vienna in the early 1870s, delivers all manner of uproarious intrigues and complications.  Ward Stare conducts. Saturday, June 14, 1 to 4:30 pm.

Cast:
Conductor: Ward Stare
Rosanlinde: Juliane Banse
Eisenstein: Bo Skovhus
Adele: Daniela Fally
Falke: Adrian Erod
Alfred: Michael Spyres
Prince Orlofsky: Emily Fons
Frank: Andrew Shore
Dr. Blind: David Cangelosi
Frosch: Fred Wellisch
Ida: Julie Anne Miller
Ivan: Will Liverman