The Bat at Komische Oper Berlin

Stefan Soltesz, the Austrian conductor of Hungarian origin who has for many years been General Musical Director of the Essen Philharmonic and General Artistic Director of the Aalto Theatre, conducts this operetta of operettas, this masterpiece by the king of the waltz. It is a work of wit and high jinks, full of enchanting melodies which, once heard, can never be forgotten. Nobody here is who he claims to be, nobody does what he is pretending to do, and nobody loves the person he is supposed to – and champagne is to blame for the whole thing! But of course it’s impossible to get angry with champagne for long...