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Operetta "Die Fledermaus":
introductory remarks
Johann Strauß jun. |
In the operetta "Die Fledermaus" there occur situations which the spectator regards as amusing irony, as a comedy of errors or pretence.
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The lover and opera singer Alfred is mistakenly arrested as the husband
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Two men pretend to be French:
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a) Gabriel von Eisenstein, a gentleman of private means, calls himself "Marquis Renard"
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b) The prison governor Frank introduces himself as "Chevalier Chagrin". Both have no idea of French.
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Rosalinde, Eisenstein’s wife, pretends to be a Hungarian countess, with whom her own husband, Gabriel v. Eisenstein is flirting
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Adele, Rosalinde’s maid, turns up as an artist (in her mistress’s evening dress).
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