Editing Die Fledermaus (section)

==Roles==
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!Role<ref>Because many English versions of the opera exist, character names can occasionally vary: Ida, for example, is called Sally in the Schirmer translation, see {{Cite book |title=''Die Fledermaus'': operetta in three acts |language=de|publisher=G. Schirmer, Inc |year=1986}}</ref>
![[Voice type]]
!Premiere cast, 5 April 1874<br />[[Conducting|Conductor]]: Johann Strauss II<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=05-04-1874|match=Die Fledermaus}}</ref>
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|Gabriel von Eisenstein
|[[tenor]]/[[baritone]]
| Jani Szika
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|Rosalinde, ''Eisenstein's wife''
|[[soprano]]
|[[Marie Geistinger]]
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|Adele, ''Rosalinde's maid''
|coloratura soprano
|Caroline Charles-Hirsch
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|Ida, ''Adele's sister''
|soprano
|Jules
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|Alfred, ''a singer-teacher''
|tenor
| Hans Rüdiger
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|Dr Falke, ''a notary''
|[[baritone]]
| Ferdinand Lebrecht
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|Dr Blind, ''a lawyer''
|tenor
|Carl Matthias Rott
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|Frank, ''a prison governor''
|baritone
| Carl Adolf Friese
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|Prince Orlofsky, ''a Russian prince''
|[[mezzo-soprano]] ([[en travesti]])
|Irma Nittinger
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|Yvan, ''the prince's valet''
|speaking role
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|Frosch, ''a jailer''
|speaking role
| Alfred Schreiber
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|colspan="3" |''Party-goers and servants at Prince Orlofsky's (chorus)''
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