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Opera Cheat Sheet: Die Fledermaus
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In this week’s OCS, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra discuss Johann Strauss Jr.’s Viennese romp Die Fledermaus, a paean to champagne and the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment set in 19th-century Vienna. What happens when Gabriel von Eisenstein goes off to Prince Orlofsky's ball rather than to jail?[The musical excerpts in this OCS are taken from the EMI recording featuring Willi Boskovsky conducting the... Read More
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Manage episode 308488687 series 3013398
In this week’s OCS, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra discuss Johann Strauss Jr.’s Viennese romp Die Fledermaus, a paean to champagne and the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment set in 19th-century Vienna. What happens when Gabriel von Eisenstein goes off to Prince Orlofsky's ball rather than to jail?[The musical excerpts in this OCS are taken from the EMI recording featuring Willi Boskovsky conducting the... Read More
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