translate English to German: The Baron von Eisenstein has been committed to prison for eight days for insulting an official, partly through the inefficiency of his attorney, the stuttering Notary Blind, and is to begin his imprisonment this day. His friend, Dr. Falke, however, persuades him to postpone it until the morrow and to accompany him to a ball at the residence of Prince Orlofsky, where he will meet the handsome ladies of the opera ballet.
Eine besondere Stellung nimmt die Ouvertüre ein, die, in freier Sonatenhauptsatzform geschrieben, zu den größten Schöpfungen von Johann Strauß zählt.