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Patrick Fyffe
- Prince Orlofsky's Guests
- (as Dame Hilda Bracket)
George Logan
- Prince Orlofsky's Guests
- (as Dr. Evadne Hinge)
Royal Opera Chorus
- Chorus
- (as The Royal Opera Chorus)
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- TriviaEisenstein is pretending to be a Frenchman "Marquis Renard"; Frank is pretending to be a Frenchman "Chevalier Chagrin"; neither speaks French. Prince Orlofsky introduces the two supposed countrymen to each other, and tells them to converse in French. In this hilarious scene, Eisenstein and Frank wing it by saying what little French they know to each other, such as: Bon Voyage, Mon Dieu, Paree, C'est la Vie, L'Amour, Viva la France, etc. Prince Orlofsky, who knows that they are faking it, quips, "Men of few words." The audience laughs.
- Quotes
Colonel Frank: [throws his top-hat at a hat-rack and misses; then he refers to a famous golfer who would not have missed this shot] Well, who'd you expect? Severiano Ballasteros?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: My World of Opera (1991)
- SoundtracksThree Little Maids From School
(from operetta "The Mikado")
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by W.S. Gilbert
Performed by Patrick Fyffe (as Dame Hilda Bracket) and George Logan (as Dr. Evadne Hinge)
Featured review
The film of the Johann Strauss opera Die Fledermaus (1984) brings together
soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as Rosalinde, and bass-baritone Hermann Prey as Gabriel von Eisenstein. The movie was shot in The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. Tenor Placido Domingo conducted.
When you bring together fabulous stars like Te Kanawa and Prey, a young, brilliant conductor like Domingo, and the production values of Covent Garden, you definitely have a winning opera to present to the audience and to the public on DVD. I don't see how this filmed performance could have been better.
The problem for me is that I don't really like Die Fledermaus. It's a comic opera, so nobody expects too much from the plot. However, this German version of a French farce just doesn't work at all for me. However, the blame for this rests on the shoulders of Strauss and his librettist, not on the performing artists.
My suggestion is to seek out this film and watch it if you like great opera singing. Ignore the plot, because it's tedious. If you're not a fan of opera, I wouldn't start with this movie. Yes, it's harmless and it won't scare people off. However, if you want a beginning opera that is really funny, with great music, try Daughter of the Regiment or The Elixir of Love.
When you bring together fabulous stars like Te Kanawa and Prey, a young, brilliant conductor like Domingo, and the production values of Covent Garden, you definitely have a winning opera to present to the audience and to the public on DVD. I don't see how this filmed performance could have been better.
The problem for me is that I don't really like Die Fledermaus. It's a comic opera, so nobody expects too much from the plot. However, this German version of a French farce just doesn't work at all for me. However, the blame for this rests on the shoulders of Strauss and his librettist, not on the performing artists.
My suggestion is to seek out this film and watch it if you like great opera singing. Ignore the plot, because it's tedious. If you're not a fan of opera, I wouldn't start with this movie. Yes, it's harmless and it won't scare people off. However, if you want a beginning opera that is really funny, with great music, try Daughter of the Regiment or The Elixir of Love.
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