Die Fledermaus: Finnish National Opera

About the Event

Die Fledermaus is a classic operetta thanks to its energetically bubbling music. Enjoy this wonderful new production at the Finnish National Opera this season.

Falke, a notary, was once abandoned on the town after a fancy dress ball, dressed up as a bat; in revenge, he orchestrates a series of misunderstandings. At a well‐lubricated soirée held by Prince Orlofsky, the guests are incognito, and the inevitable confusion leads to everyone ending up in jail. In the hilarious final reckoning, it is deemed that champagne is the culprit.

The new production shows that even an old warhorse can reveal new aspects of itself. Marco Arturo Marelli, who created the brilliant productions of Der Rosenkavalier and Pelléas et Mélisande, brings colour, movement, joy and kaleidoscopic whirls to the stage, all executed with the light touch of a Viennese waltz.


Conductor: Alfred Eschwé / Kurt Kopecky
Director: Marco Arturo Marellli
Sets: Marco Arturo Marellli
Costumes: Dagmar Niefind
Lighting design: Marco Arturo Marellli



Gabriel von Eisenstein: Michael Kraus / Jyrki Anttila
Rosalinde: Alexandra Reinprecht / Miina‐Liisa Värelä
Frank: Esa Ruuttunen
Prince Orlofsky: Tai Oney / Ann‐Marie Heino
Alfred: Alexandru Badea

Dr. Falke: Jaakko Kortekangas
Dr. Blind: Juha Riihimäki / Petri Bäckström
Adele: Claudia Goebl / Hanna Rantala
Frosch: Timo Torikka
Ida: NN