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The Bat (Die Fledermaus) (in English)

Libretto: Richard Genée, Karl Haffner
Eugene Ormandy, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Ljuba Welitsch (Soprano), Lily Pons (Soprano), Richard Tucker (Tenor), Charles Kullman (Tenor), Martha Lipton (Mezzo Soprano), John Brownlee (Bass-baritone), Clifford Harvuot (Bass-baritone), Paul Franke (Tenor)
1950 - 1951, New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studios
Remastered
18 Tracks, 1:22:28
    • Overture
      08:08

  • Act I

    • No. 1 Introduction – No. 1a Solo and Duet
      04:18
    • No. 2 Trio "Let me tell you"
      03:38
    • No. 3 Duet "I've a plan for a man"
      03:16
    • No. 4 Trio "The graying sea, the leaden sky"
      03:38
    • No. 5 Finale I "What a lovely rendezvous"
      11:08
    • No. 6 Entr'acte and Ensemble
      01:35

  • Act II

    • No. 7 Couplets "I've many peculiarities"
      02:53
    • No. 8 Ensemble and Couplets "It seems we're entertaining an uninvited guest" – "Look me over once, look me over twice"
      04:36
    • No. 9 Duet "What a beauty"
      04:09
    • No. 10 Csárdás "Some days you're lonely
      04:11
    • No. 11a Finale IIa "A Bacchanalian revel"
      08:10
    • No. 11a Finale IIb "Let's hope this never halts"
      04:19
    • No. 12 Entr'acte
      00:57

  • Act III

    • No. 13 Melodram "Then up with the wine and drink her down"
      03:39
    • No. 14 Couplet "I am portraying a farm girl"
      04:27
    • No. 15 Trio "The case that you take up"
      06:36
    • No. 16 Finale III "Die Fledermaus, die Fledermaus"
      02:50