Word: fledermaus
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...Fledermaus," with its 18th Century plot, 19th Century music, and 20th Century libretto, has come to Boston again, and despite its second-string cast it is as effervescent as ever. The Metropolitan Opera Association's money-making venture pleased (and shocked) the large opening night crowd with lilting tunes and broad humor seldom presented on the operatic stage...
...difference between "Fledermaus" and more recent musical comedy is that "Fledermaus" has better music. Strauss' tunes are the most singable, danceable, and memorable to hit Boston in a long, long time. This operetta is more than just the best show in town--it is probably the best thing Boston will see all year...
High among his other qualifications for the job of general manager of the Met, Rudolf Bing is a businessman. When his bubbly new production of Fledermaus became a box-office hit last winter (TIME, Jan. 15), he made up his mind to take a businessman's risk. The scheme: to set up the first "auxiliary" opera troupe in Met history, and send it across the U.S. and Canada to sing nothing but Fledermaus. The troupe would bring live Met music to cities that never hear it and, Bing hoped, make a tidy profit. Cut the pauper-poor Met could...
...Frank Stanton, president of CBS (owner of Columbia Records). In a matter of minutes, he had a $70,000 loan. "Of course," says Bing, "it wasn't just because of my pretty blue eyes." The tour will be a high-class plug for Columbia's new Fledermaus album...
Summer in St. Louis (Sun. 3:30 p.m., CBS). Music from Die Fledermaus by the cast and orchestra of the St. Louis Municipal Opera...