Philharmonia: Wilson conducts Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Performers

Philharmonia Orchestra
John Wilson	Conductor
Simon Butteriss	Tenor	Director, Dr Blind
Pablo Bemsch	Tenor	Alfred
Malin Christensson	Soprano	Adele
Aga Mikolaj	Soprano	Rosalinde von Eisenstein
Toby Spence	Tenor	Gabriel von Eisenstein
Jacques Imbrailo	Baritone	Dr Falke
Alan Opie	Baritone	Frank
Pamela Helen Stephen	Mezzo-soprano	Prince Orlofsky
Philharmonia Voices

Map

A Fledermaus with intermittent fizz

Mark Pullinger, 27th April

Die Fledermaus is as quintessentially Viennese as zithers and Schnitzel. In John Wilson, the Philharmonia and a fine ensemble cast, we should have had all the ingredients for a memorable matinée performance, but a few elements meant the fizz went rather flat.

***11