Austin Lyric Opera (and Esther's Follies) reimagined Die Fledermaus as "The Bat." With Strauss' beautiful music came hilarious English lyrics full of inside jokes and costumes and sets evoking our fair city at its most, um, outrageous. At the after party, Katherine Shileds (who wore a silver wig as a member of the chorus) sported these bat wings. She said the costume came with a black 'halo' but it looked silly. Bat wings, though, perfectly elegant. You can still run out and buy tickets to see this at the Long Center. Couldn't be more Austin.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
It's Batty! It's Opera!
Austin Lyric Opera (and Esther's Follies) reimagined Die Fledermaus as "The Bat." With Strauss' beautiful music came hilarious English lyrics full of inside jokes and costumes and sets evoking our fair city at its most, um, outrageous. At the after party, Katherine Shileds (who wore a silver wig as a member of the chorus) sported these bat wings. She said the costume came with a black 'halo' but it looked silly. Bat wings, though, perfectly elegant. You can still run out and buy tickets to see this at the Long Center. Couldn't be more Austin.
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i wouldn't mind becoming a bat if those are my wings. hehehe
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