Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus ("The Bat") is a comic operetta by Johann Strauss II about revenge, mistaken identities, and romantic deceptions that unfold at a grand masquerade ball on New Year's Eve. Dr. Falke orchestrates a revenge plot against his friend, Eisenstein, who once left him drunk and humiliated in a bat costume. The elaborate plan involves Eisenstein unwittingly flirting with his own disguised wife, Rosalinde, while she is also in disguise, and th...