Die Fledermaus (2018)

Music by Johann Strauss II
Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée

Sung in German with projected English supertitles

Agassiz Theatre • Cambridge, Massachusetts

Die Fledermaus 2018

Sasha Yakub '20 conducts the orchestra of our 2018 production of Die Fledermaus. Photo: Ben Grimm

Die Fledermaus 2018

Act I: Arianna Paz '19 plays Adele, a "chambermaid" re-imagined as a janitor in a 1990s office, in our 2018 production of Die Fledermaus. Photo: Ben Grimm

Die Fledermaus 2018

Act II: Prince Orlofsky's masked ball. Photo: Ben Grimm

Die Fledermaus 2018

Act I: Alfred (Sam Rosner '20) hides in Rosalinde's (Veronica Richer) office, vying with her husband for her heart. Photo: Ben Grimm

Die Fledermaus 2018

Act II: Prince Orlofsky (Benjamin P. Wenzelberg '21) at his masked ball. Photo: Ben Grimm

Die Fledermaus 2018

Act II: Rosalinde (Veronica Richer) and Eisenstein (Ethan Craigo '19) at Prince Orlofsky's masked ball. Photo: Ben Grimm

Die Fledermaus 2018

Act I: Eisenstein (Ethan Craigo '19) and Falke (Oliver Berliner '20). Photo: Ben Grimm

Die Fledermaus 2018

Act II: Adele (Arianna Paz '19) worries that Eisenstein (Ethan Craigo '19) has recognized her as his chambermaid. Photo: Ben Grimm

Die Fledermaus 2018

Act I: Rosalinde (Veronica Richer) pleads prison guard Frank (Luke Minton '20) not to take her lover away. Photo: Ben Grimm

“With this revival, the Harvard College Opera proved that a true comedy can still bring about laughs and lighten up spirits 144 years after its premiere.”

— The Harvard Crimson

Cast

Rosalinde … Veronica Richer
Adele … Arianna Paz
Einsenstein … Ethan Craigo
Alfred … Samuel Rosner
Prince Orlofsky … Benjamin P. Wenzelberg
Dr. Falke ... Oliver Berliner
Frank … Luke Minton
Dr. Blind / Frosch … Nick Hornedo
Ida … Nivi Ravi
Chorus ... Hannah Contreras, Rachel Hahn, Claudia Holen, Kayla Johnson, Sunny Levine, Caroline Rakus-Wojciechowski, Henry Brooks

staff

Music Director … Alexander “Sasha" Yakub
Stage Director … Mitchell Polonsky
Producers … Camille Bélanger, Spencer Glesby & Madeleine Snow
Stage Manager … Beckett Mullen
Orchestra Manager … Rachel Clemens
Assistant Music Director … Ryan Zhang
Production Advisor ... Asia Stewart
Technical Director ... Xavier Escobar
Technical Assistant and Assistant Stage Manager ... Angela Kim
Paint Charge … Molly Wieringa
Set Design … Lova Blåvarg
Light Design … Sarah Coady
Costume Design … Moriah Lee & Jessie James King
Props Design ... Kiki Albanese & Marvin Merritt
Hair & Makeup ... Carla Troconis & Shannon Beattie