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BROADCAST OF JANUARY 11, 2003
SPONSORED BY CHEVRONTEXACO OVER THE CHEVRONTEXACO--METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, 1:30 P.M.
Music by Johann Strauss, Jr. Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genee
Dialogue for this production by Otto Schenk and Paul Mills Dialogue written by Mr. Schenk, translated by Marcel Prawy
THE STORY
ACT I. Through the windows of the home of Gabriel von Eisenstein, a tenor voice is heard ("Taubchen, das entflattert ist"). Eisenstein's wife, Rosalinde, is the object of the serenade. Her maid, Adele, comes into the salon, reading a letter from her sister, inviting her to a party at the home ...