'DIE FLEDERMAUS'
recommended
When: Through Jan. 27
Where: Civic Opera House, 20 S. Wacker
Tickets: $31-$179
Phone: (312) 332-2244, ext. 5600
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Hard to believe, but "Die Fledermaus" was once the "Borat" of itstime. While Sacha Baron Cohen's scabrous satire skewers middle-American fears and loathings, Johann Strauss Jr.'s frothy Viennesetrifle about marital infidelity ridicules the hypocrisy of thesocial order in the waning days of the Austro-Hungarian empire.Instead of Borat's scatological excess, we get lessons on the evilsof champagne (and Italian tenors!). Plus lots of music you can humon the ride home. …
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