johann strauss
- n Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
- n Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
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- ‘Die Fledermaus’ soars at Lyric Opera
Lyric Opera has whipped up a perfect holiday confection for opera lovers in “Die Fledermaus (The Bat)” by Johann Strauss Jr., which opened Tuesday night at the Civic Opera House. This new-to-Chicago production is as fizzy as fine champagne and as pretty as a pop-up Victorian Christmas card. “Fledermaus” is one of operetta’s most durable hit shows and it contains some of Strauss the younger’s ...
Dec. 11, 2013 - Chicago Sun-Times - Having a Ball
Jeremy Sams, creator of the Met’s hit Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island , returns to the company this month to direct a new English-language production of Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Die Fledermaus , opening New Year’s Eve. He explains why the piece “dances from beginning to end.”
Dec. 10, 2013 - Playbill Arts