Connecticut Lyric Opera Postpones ‘Die Fledermaus’ Due to Cast Illness

By Dejan Vukosavljevic
(Credit: Connecticut Lyric Opera)

The Connecticut Lyric Opera has announced that it has been forced to postpone the presentations of Johann Strauss’ operetta “Die Fledermaus” scheduled for Dec. 26 and 30, 2021.

The company revealed that the cancelation was due to a cast illness.

Ticket holders will be offered the option of receiving refunds for the postponed dates or exchanging their tickets for the rescheduled performances, which will be announced at a future date.

The operetta was set to star Deborah Lifton as Rosalinde von Eisenstein, Daniel Kamalić as Gabriel von Eisenstein, Maria Margiolakou as Adele, Oswaldo Iraheta as Alfred, Charles Eaton as Dr. Falke, Rongjun Li as Dr. Blind, Sung Shin as Frank, Rebecca Batista de Almeida as Orlofsky, Rachel Abrams as Ida, Rob Esposito as Frosch, and Joey Taylor as Ivan. Adrian Sylveen was signed on to conduct a production by Jan Mason.

The Dec. 26 show was set to take place at the Trinity-On-Main Arts Center in New Britain and the Thursday, Dec. 30, was scheduled for The Bushnell in Hartford.

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