Die Fledermaus

Act I

On New Year’s Eve, Alfred, a tenor, sings to Rosalinde, his old lover and now married to Eisenstein, outside her window. Adele, Rosalinde and Eisenstein’s maid, is trying to plan to get the night off so that she may go to a ball with her sister, Ida. When Rosalinde enters, Adele pretends to have received a letter from her sick Aunt who needs help, but Rosalinde does not allow her to leave. Disappointed, Adele storms off. Alfred enters the home and loudly declares his love for Rosalinde, who denies him. However, Alfred finds her weakness and begins to sing again, which melts her. Their romance is short-lived, as they hear someone coming, forcing Alfred to leave, but not without her word that he may return to see her.

Eisenstein enters with his lawyer, Blind, having just come from court where Eisenstein was sentenced with eight nights in jail for hitting a police officer. Blind reminds him that he has to be brought to jail that night to begin his sentence, but is ushered out by