This week the North West Opera present Johann Strauss’s sparkling operetta Die Fledermaus. Like the champagne that flows through it, Die Fledermaus bubbles with uplifting music and comical moments from curtain up.
The colourful romp follows 24 hours in the lives of a group of Viennese bourgeoisie where disguises, hoaxes and flirtation fuelled by copious amounts of champagne culminate in hilarious results – all set to Johann Strauss’s stirring and sumptuous orchestral score.
An international cast of opera professionals has been arriving in Donegal over the last week, including German conductor Anton Zapf and his orchestral musicians, South African Tenor Arthur Swan, Dutch Bass-Baritone Frits Kamp and Northern Irish Bass David Robertson. They join the NWO’s resident sopranos Ann Jennings, Diana McLaughlin, Deborah Cunningham and Baritone Paul Martin.
North West Opera also have their strongest chorus to date, with 47 talented singers drawn from Donegal and Derry/Londonderry.
For more information about the musicians, cast and the final preparations for this fabulous show see Facebook North West Opera Ireland.
Die Fledermaus is on this Friday and Saturday 4 and 5 November at 8pm. Book now!
