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Article: Die Fledermaus in the Sydney Opera House
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- Musical Opinion
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- May 1, 2005
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Die Fledermaus in the Sydney Opera House
The co-production by Opera Australia and the West Australian Opera of Johann Strauss It's Die Fledermaus was first staged in 1996. I saw the latest revival on 25 February in the Sydney Opera House. Director Lindy Hume takes the piece out of 1870's Vienna and sets it in 1930s New York, an interesting juxtaposition of time and place, for the first performance was given for the tottering society of a Vienna reeling under the economic strain and repercussions of the Franco-Prussian War, whilst 1930s New York was staggering under the weight and trauma of the Great Depression. Yet the reckless lifestyles of both cities continued for a time while fortunes ...