The scene is set in Vienna, 1874. One drunken evening, when Falke was dressed as a bat for a costume ball, his best friend Eisenstein played a practical joke on him that made him the laughingstock of Vienna. Falke decides to get his revenge by manipulating Einstein's wife, Rosalinde, her maid, Adele, and Adele's sister Ida, to come to a masquerade ball at Count Orlofsky's villa. The guests toast to love and brotherhood, until the stroke of midnight when the joke is revealed.
Updated Cast List:
Rosalinda: Jessa Miller and Keke Chadwick
Adele: Amanda Jett
Eisenstein: Eddie Perez
Alfred: Edgar Sierra
Dr. Blind: Izzy Weaver
Dr. Falke: Skylar Farney
Count Orlofsky: Faith Allen (pants role)
Frank: Mario Flores
Frosh: Charlie Jay
Ida: Isabelle Murphy
Emelia: Erykka Powell
Melanie: Karina Tergerson
Karl: Alex Hedrick
Chorus:
Sopranos: Meg Morrison, Juliet Intergard, Lise Uhl, Lillian Carney
Altos: Eliah Contreras, Ainsley Guy, Mary Campbell, Sydney Williams, Sami Ely, Graces Ates
Tenors: Donnie Balmos, Matthew Watkins
Bass: Tommy Edds, Luke Williams, Noah Marshall, Martin Davenport, Daniel Ferris?
Rosalinda: Jessa Miller and Keke Chadwick
Adele: Amanda Jett
Eisenstein: Eddie Perez
Alfred: Edgar Sierra
Dr. Blind: Izzy Weaver
Dr. Falke: Skylar Farney
Count Orlofsky: Faith Allen (pants role)
Frank: Mario Flores
Frosh: Charlie Jay
Ida: Isabelle Murphy
Emelia: Erykka Powell
Melanie: Karina Tergerson
Karl: Alex Hedrick
Chorus:
Sopranos: Meg Morrison, Juliet Intergard, Lise Uhl, Lillian Carney
Altos: Eliah Contreras, Ainsley Guy, Mary Campbell, Sydney Williams, Sami Ely, Graces Ates
Tenors: Donnie Balmos, Matthew Watkins
Bass: Tommy Edds, Luke Williams, Noah Marshall, Martin Davenport, Daniel Ferris?
Costume Research
Production Meeting Notes
Modern setting, modern clothing. Costume Budget--$1000.00
Rosalinda dances in Act 1 and needs to be able to move without lifting her skirts.
Edgar needs a bathrobe.
Dr. Blind is female, needs Audrey Hepburn sunglasses.
Act II is masquerade ball, so need "costumes" for leads and masks for everyone. Chorus members will wear whatever performance gowns or tuxes that they already own. No one changes clothes after the party.
Dr. Blind attends party in Act II, in a dress
pocket watch dangly, pull for rehearsal.
Rosalinda pretending to be Hungarian Countess.
Ida needs to do ballet in Act II, Juliet and Alex will also be dancing as a feature.
Eisenstein and Frank needs hats and coats for Act II and are pretending to be French, perhaps beret.
Everyone is waltzing in Act II, need to rehearse in heels ASAP.
Alex and Matt are waiters at the ball.
Falke comes in as bat costume at end. Wings need to have extensions and hang down like evening cape so hidden until we need.
Frank is a sheriff, and Frosh is a Barney Fife-esque character.
Act III Dr. Blind gives her clothes to Eisenstein, who is pretending to be Dr. Blind. Dr. Blind is left in underwear.
We need to remeasure Meg, and get measurements for Matt and Edgar.
- “Disgusting clothing” for Eisenstein
- Sunglasses for Dr. Blind and wig; clothes that Eisenstein can steal and wear for disguise
- Robe for Alfred
- Tiara for Adele
- Cowboy hat for Frank
Research
Th director is setting it in Texas instead of Vienna, so our officer of the law is now a Texas Sheriff and Deputy, like Andy Griffith and Barney Fife. I'm planning on using some of the dresses from Little Shop that we made on Rosalinda since she is double cast and one of the girls was a Ronnette and the other one is the same size as one of the Ronnettes.
Purchases
Fittings
Waco tribune Herald March 29, 2023
“Die Fledermaus,” McLennan Opera, 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, McLennan Community College’s Ball Performing Arts Center; $10, $8 for senior adults and military, students free, available by calling 254-299-8200 or emailing boxoffice@mclennan.edu.
By Carl Hoover
After slowly rebounding over several years from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, McLennan Opera is back into full-fledged productions with this year’s “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss Jr.
“It’s been awhile since we’ve done a production this big,” admitted artistic director Mandy Morrison. The cast that takes the floor this weekend numbers 28 singers with students supplemented by MCC faculty and alumni, high school singers and members of the Youth Chorus of Central Texas. There’s an orchestra playing live as well, with Gail Wade as music director.
The McLennan company has reset Strauss’ comic tale of revenge, bad behavior and disguises, to contemporary Texas — it makes costuming easier, for one thing — with the set used recently for McLennan Theatre’s “The Addams Family” reworked by technical designer Benjamin Mason for the opera. The change in time and place also allowed costume designer Kathleen Laundy to give Prince Orlofsky’s elaborate costume ball a Mardi Gras flair.
The story, sung in English, involves a Dr. Falke (Skyler Farney) who schemes a complicated prank on Gabriel Eisenstein (Eduardo Perez), who publicly embarrassed him some time ago when Falke was dressed in a bat costume (Fledermaus is German for bat). Falke’s plan entwines Eisenstein’s wife Rosalinda (Jessa Miller, Thursday and Saturday; Keyerra Chadwick on Friday), her former lover Alfred (Edgar Sierra), Rosalinda’s maid Adele (Amanda Jett), a masked ball thrown by Russian Prince Orlofsky (Faith Allen) and a resolution buoyed by champagne.
Strauss’ lilting music and good spirits are what have made “Die Fledermaus” an operetta standard and Morrison said it’s accessible for audiences who want to be entertained with good music. “Opera should be for anyone who wants to come to the opera,” she said.
By Carl Hoover
After slowly rebounding over several years from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, McLennan Opera is back into full-fledged productions with this year’s “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss Jr.
“It’s been awhile since we’ve done a production this big,” admitted artistic director Mandy Morrison. The cast that takes the floor this weekend numbers 28 singers with students supplemented by MCC faculty and alumni, high school singers and members of the Youth Chorus of Central Texas. There’s an orchestra playing live as well, with Gail Wade as music director.
The McLennan company has reset Strauss’ comic tale of revenge, bad behavior and disguises, to contemporary Texas — it makes costuming easier, for one thing — with the set used recently for McLennan Theatre’s “The Addams Family” reworked by technical designer Benjamin Mason for the opera. The change in time and place also allowed costume designer Kathleen Laundy to give Prince Orlofsky’s elaborate costume ball a Mardi Gras flair.
The story, sung in English, involves a Dr. Falke (Skyler Farney) who schemes a complicated prank on Gabriel Eisenstein (Eduardo Perez), who publicly embarrassed him some time ago when Falke was dressed in a bat costume (Fledermaus is German for bat). Falke’s plan entwines Eisenstein’s wife Rosalinda (Jessa Miller, Thursday and Saturday; Keyerra Chadwick on Friday), her former lover Alfred (Edgar Sierra), Rosalinda’s maid Adele (Amanda Jett), a masked ball thrown by Russian Prince Orlofsky (Faith Allen) and a resolution buoyed by champagne.
Strauss’ lilting music and good spirits are what have made “Die Fledermaus” an operetta standard and Morrison said it’s accessible for audiences who want to be entertained with good music. “Opera should be for anyone who wants to come to the opera,” she said.