Opera in German
PLEASANT surprise in 4YA’s Sunday night presentations of various operas was Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus. A vivacious operetta with a plot as inconsequential and ridiculous as that of any grand opera, this light and happy entertainment abounds in those apparently » effortless waltz-tunes, folk-like melodies, and charming choruses which Strauss turned out in a seemingly in; exhaustible stream-melodies, be it said, which any composer of modern popular songs would give his shirt to be able to write. This recording of the opera is entirely in German, which wouldn’t mat: ter if it were ‘also entirely sung; but when a great deal of the recording is taken up with conversation and dialogue, those of us whose knowledge of German is limited to "nicht schnell" and other musical directions will be apt to miss most of the words except the Auf Wie~« dersehens. It might have been a good idea to announce this opera for several days ahead with the information that it was as much a lesson in German as a recording of a Strauss opera; both musicians and language students could have profited thereby. ‘
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 406, 3 April 1947, Page 12
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186Opera in German New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 406, 3 April 1947, Page 12
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