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Send in the clowns: in 1950, Jack Gilford was the first in a long line of star comedians who have played Frosch in the Met's Die Fledermaus. Eric Myers sizes up some of the comics who have given this old warhorse a much-needed jolt.
Popular it may be--probably the most popular of all operettas--but Johann Strauss Jr.'s Die Fledermaus is a delicate brew that does not always travel well. An indifferent performance, a comedy-challenged cast, an unresponsive audience--all can undo the work. Sometimes the only bright spot comes in the final act--when the non-singing character of Frosch, the drunken jailer, appears and salvages the entire evening.
Viennese productions of Die Fledermaus often have cast Frosch with high-profile German comics such as Fritz Imhoff, Hans Moser and Alfred Jerger. The work received its Met premiere in 1905, with a cast that included Marcella Sembrich, Andreas Dippel and ...
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