Combine bubbling champagne with waltzes, mistaken identities, a practical joke and masquerades and what do you get? This concert-staged performance overflowing with the delightful melodies of Johann Strauss, the Waltz King of Vienna! Featuring a full orchestra, soloists and chorus, sung in English with English surtitles projected above the stage.

Background:

Opera New Jersey has announced that Broadway star Lisa Vroman will be stepping into the lead role of Rosalinde in its upcoming performances of Johann Strauss, Jr.’s delightful operetta Die Fledermaus. Regretfully, Ruth Ann Swenson has withdrawn due to illness.

“The role of Rosalinde requires a singer with vivacious exuberance, commanding stage presence, and incredible panache along with vocal acrobatics,” said Scott Altman, General and Artistic Director, “Lisa Vroman brings all those characteristics and a completely fresh dimension to the role; Opera New Jersey is thrilled to bring an artist of her caliber to our audiences.”

Ms. Vroman has the unique distinction of being among the first to play both Fantine and Cosette in Les Miserables, garnered Theatre Critics’ awards for her recordbreaking run of Christine in Phantom of the Opera, and sang Johanna in the Emmy award winning production Sweeney Todd in Concert with Patty Lupone, George Hearn, and the San Francisco Symphony. Some additional highlights to her extensive career include Laurie in The Tender Land, Josephine in HMS Pinafore, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, and on separate occasions, performances for Queen Elizabeth, former President Clinton, and former Vice President Al Gore.

With a repertoire that ranges from Stravinsky to Weill to Broadway, Ms. Vroman is a frequent guest soloist with theater/opera companies and orchestras including San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, National, Vancouver, and the Boston Pops under Keith Lockhart. Her solo CD, Broadway Classics, features Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and 47 of San Francisco’s finest orchestral players.

Opera New Jersey showcases major international talent throughout the state in the Winter Opera Season, providing residents the chance to see world-class talent on local New Jersey stages.