Imagine flamboyant comedy, biting satire, bawdy innuendoes, and then add the luscious music of Strauss. Die Fledermaus takes place in upper class Vienna in the mid 1800s. A Baron is about to go to jail for tax evasion; his wife has taken up with a lover, her maid is contriving to be an artiste, the Baron’s friend sets a plot to avenge an incident involving a bat costume, and the Prince hosts a ball where identities are obscured, loves are exchanged, and confusion reigns.