The Bat is a masterpiece by Johann Strauss Jr., which premieres these days on the stage of SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, directed by Zvonet Šedlbauer.
"The Bat is an operetta pearl, the famous masterpiece of the "King of Waltzes" by Johann Strauss Jr., which has been performed thousands of times all over the world to date, and there is probably no opera stage on which this operetta does not show the exuberance of the Viennese society in all its splendor. bourgeoisie," wrote SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana when announcing the premiere, where the play will premiere at the end of January. It is interesting that the christening performance of this opera at the Theater an der Wien on April 5, 1874 was not received with great enthusiasm, the work was described as a "potpourri of waltzes and polkas", and in its first year it was performed only sixteen times.
Only later, when the play appeared in Berlin and a little later in New York, did the audience begin to recognize her mastery. The director of the operetta is Zvone Šedlbauer, the operetta is presented in three acts, and it is a story of intrigue, masking, sudden complications and developments in luxurious costumes. And this. To this day, this operetta is the only one that was included in the court opera repertoire and is performed at the Vienna State Opera. Because of this, Strauss is also considered the founder of the "golden age of Viennese operetta".
