FULL DIE FLEDERMAUS Los Angeles 2024 Schyler Vargas, Avery Boettcher, Chloe Sundet, Derrek Stark
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Die Fledermaus
- Composer: Strauss Johann Jr
- Libretto: Karl Haffner, Richard Genee Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: THORNE HALL AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, Los Angeles, California, Pacific Opera Project
- Recorded: February 17-18, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Schyler Vargas, Avery Boettcher, Chloe Sundet, Derrek Stark, Emily Geller, Luis Orozco, E. Scott Levin, William Grundler, Catherine Samartin
- Conductor: CALEB YANEZ GLICKMAN | Conductor | Choreographer | Chorus Master SALETTE CORPUZ | Costumer HAILEY SPRINGER | Costume Assistant MARIE SCOTT MAWJI
- Orchestra:
- Chorus: SALETTE CORPUZ
- Chorus Master: DÉSIRÉE LAVERTU
- Choreographer: AMY LAWRENCE
- Stage Director: JOSH SHAW
- Costume Designer: SALETTE CORPUZ
- Lighting Designer: MARIE SCOTT MAWJI
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Pacific Opera Project
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Die Fledermaus… a funny name for a funny show. Strauss’s operetta is a perennial favorite for audiences around the globe and anyone who has ever performed in the show (myself included) will probably tell you they had a great time up there on the stage. It’s light. It’s fun. Full of memorable tunes and glorious waltzes, it’s a wonderful way to return to Thorne Hall after a four year hiatus. A Hungarian Countess, a Russian Prince, a French Marquis, a magically attractive watch, and a bat costume make for a strange recipe of plot in any country or time period, except perhaps in the time and place not that long ago where anything was possible … the Golden Age of Hollywood.
I confess, living in La La Land for over twenty years now has rubbed off on me and now influences many of my updated productions. With this new setting and libretto for Die Fledermaus I hope I’ve made a little more sense of things with the use of movie magic. It’s not so hard to believe that an actress would have access to her Hungarian Princess costume from a recent picture, that a maid is an aspiring chorus girl, that a mysterious Russian playboy has come to town to throw around some money, or that a matinee idol with a panache for the ladies is in a little hot water with the local police. I hope you’ll agree that things come together neatly by the end of The Bat’s Revenge. If not, chacun à son goût… to each their own.
With regards, Josh Shaw