Die Fledermaus review – Strauss staging has flourish and froth, but not enough fizz

Opera Holland Park, London Liam Steel relocates Johann Strauss’s operetta to London 1929 to create the feel of a Noël Coward-style farce. Rebecca Bottone, Olivia Carrell and Clare Presland shine amid a strong cast. Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus must have done more for champagne sales than any other operetta. A good production, however, demands plenty of onstage fizz too, but the bubbles start to rise rather late in the day in Opera Holland Park’s new staging. Director and choreographer Liam Steel uses the Metropolitan Opera’s 2013 revamped English version with lyrics by Jeremy Sams and a new

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