Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total

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Kiri Te Kanawa

Rosalinde

Hermann Prey

Gabriel von Eisenstein

Dennis O'Neill

Alfred

Hildegard Heichele

Adele

Paul Crook

Dr. Blind

Benjamin Luxon

Dr. Falke

Michael Langdon

Colonel Frank

Ingrid Baier

Ida

Doris Soffel

Prince Orlofsky

Richard Hazell

Ivan

Josef Meinrad

Frosch

Patrick Fyffe

Prince Orlofsky's Guests
(as Dame Hilda Bracket)

George Logan

Prince Orlofsky's Guests
(as Dr. Evadne Hinge)

Charles Aznavour

Prince Orlofsky's Guests

Merle Park

Dancer

Wayne Eagling

Dancer

Royal Opera Chorus

Chorus
(as The Royal Opera Chorus)

Director
- Humphrey Burton
Writers
- Richard Genée
- Carl Haffner
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Trivia
Eisenstein is pretending to be a Frenchman "Marquis Renard"; Frank is pretending to be a Frenchman "Chevalier Chagrin"; neither speaks French. Prince Orlofsky introduces the two supposed countrymen to each other, and tells them to converse in French. In this hilarious scene, Eisenstein and Frank wing it by saying what little French they know to each other, such as: Bon Voyage, Mon Dieu, Paree, C'est la Vie, L'Amour, Viva la France, etc. Prince Orlofsky, who knows that they are faking it, quips, "Men of few words." The audience laughs.

Quotes
Colonel Frank: [throws his top-hat at a hat-rack and misses; then he refers to a famous golfer who would not have missed this shot] Well, who'd you expect? Severiano Ballasteros?

Connections
Featured in Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: My World of Opera (1991)

Soundtracks
Three Little Maids From School
(from operetta "The Mikado")
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by W.S. Gilbert
Performed by Patrick Fyffe (as Dame Hilda Bracket) and George Logan (as Dr. Evadne Hinge)

Trinke, liebe, trinke schnell!

If you ever want to introduce someone to opera, show them this. It's certain to hold their interest and make them hungry for more. Sometimes it's sung, sometimes it's spoken, sometimes it's in German, sometimes French, or Italian, or English... Keep up if you can! It's fast-moving and downright hysterical.

Keep an eye out for a particularly delightful pair of performers during the cabaret in Act Two... No, I'm not talking about the dancers.