Die Fledermaus or The Flittermouse or The Bat, sometimes called The Revenge of the Bat, is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874.
The operetta premiered on April 5, 1874 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna and has been part of the regular repertoire ever since.
It was performed in New York under Rudolf Bial at the Stadt Theatre on November 21, 1874. The German première took place at Munich's Gärtnerplatztheater in 1875. Die Fledermaus was sung in English at London's Alhambra Theatre on December 18, 1876.

Cast:

Eisenstien – Waldermar Kmentt

Rosalinde – Hilde Gueden

Adele – Erika Koth

Falke – Walter Berry

Alfred – Giuseppe Zampieri

Prince Orlofsky – Regina Resnik

Herbert von Karajan – conductor

Vienna Philharmonic

Vienna State Opera Chorus

DECCA 1960