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TRADITION: Austrians have a long tradition of welcoming the New Year with a performance of DIE FLEDERMAUS operetta (1874) by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899). Musical sentiments like Glücklich ist, wer vergisst, was doch nicht zu ändern ist... (Happy is he who forgets what cant be changed...) and the story of a masquerade ball make this popular Operette appropriate for the New Year. Besides the annual New Years Day performance, both Viennas Volksoper and Staatsoper offer more performances of the most popular of Strauss operettas in January. A New Years performance of DIE FLEDERMAUS (The Bat) is also a tradition in Prague, in neighboring Czech Republic, as well as in many other parts of the world. English versions of DIE FLEDERMAUS by John Mortimer, Paul Czonka and Ariane Theslöf, or Ruth and Thomas Martin (and other translators) are performed frequently in the US and other English-speaking countries.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:23:21 +0000

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