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Die Fledermaus
(English:
The Bat
) is an
opera
by
Johann Strauss II
. Its first performance took place on April 5, 1874 at the Theater an der Wien in
Vienna
,
Austria
. The opera has been presented on
New Year's Eve
in Vienna since the early 1930s.
Die Fledermaus
is based on the French play
Le Reveillon
(1872) by Meilhac and Halevy.