Herr Hagedorn, seit Sie mit Ihrem Kollegen Matthias Grimminger angefangen haben für den WDR und die dortige Ábrahám-Aufführungsserie Partituren von
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Lehár Festival Bad Ischl 2018. Das Konzert- und Kongresshaus gleicht einem Bienenstock, Publikum strömt herbei während das Ensemble sich einstimmt
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Why did it take so long, you might ask? And was it worth waiting all this time? In the case
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Having hugely enjoyed Barrie Kosky’s 2013 exuberant production of Abraham’s Ball im Savoy several times, I was interested to see
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Of course there’ve been chamber operettas long before 1933, just think of the glorious small scale pieces written by Mischa
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Paul Abraham’s 1931 revue-operetta Die Blume von Hawaii has recently been give a highly enjoyable new production at Theatre Pforzheim,
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Was für ein Jammer, dass die 1920er Jahre vorbei sind. Und was für ein Jammer, dass Paul Abrahams Operetten noch
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The German journalist Klaus Waller has written a 240 pages biography of Paul Abraham: Der tragische König der Operette. It
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You could call it the battle of the biographers. Who will be first? Who will be better? Who will have
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Paul Abraham was, without doubt, the most „American“ sounding operetta composer in Europe in the early 1930s. His jazz-operettas, culminating
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Among the various US-American operetta companies, the Comic Opera Guild continues to draw international attention through recordings that offer a
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From 10 to 12 January 2019 the University of Leeds is hosting an international operetta conference entitled Gaiety, Glitz and
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In the case of an artist of the caliber of Katharine Mehrling it’s obviously worth sticking around until the very
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Is Korngold’s 1920 psycho thriller Die tote Stadt an operetta? Obviously not, but there are various links to the genre,
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The good news is: Mischa Spoliansky’s modern-dating-chaos operetta Alles Schwindel (1931) is returning to Berlin’s Gorki Theater for the 2018/19
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It’s a weird and wonderful experience to sit in the Tipi-am-Kanzleramt tent, waiting for a performance of Kander & Ebb’s
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Enterprising Ohio Light Opera, ever devoted to ‘authentic’ productions from the world of musical comedy and operetta, seems to go
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When Eduard Künneke presented his syncopated Der Vetter aus Dingsda in Berlin 1921, it was quite revolutionary to have so
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What do you do when all the world is abuzz with football, and you don’t give as f*** about ballgames?
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So it was off to Waikiki and South Sea breezes, again. I had a chance to see Paul Abraham’s glorious
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Ah, yes … the UdK students. Watching the musical theater stars-of-tomorrow perform a “collage” that’s obligatory for them in their
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This spring, stage director Felix Seiler and choreographer Danny Costello staged Paul Abraham’s Die Blume von Hawaii with students in
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We all have our favorite memories – our ‘madeleine moment’ that changed our world forever. For me, this moment occurred
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In a 2018 essay entitled Das Webvideo als Flaschenpost, or “the web video as message in a bottle,” Chris Tedjasukmana
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The Staatsoperette Dresden has a new home, you might recall. The operetta company in Saxony has moved from the outskirts
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Theater Augsburg is in the midst of refurbishment, so the various ensembles have decamped to several venues around the city.
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For a city so rich in culture, and drowning in history, it is surprising to experience first-hand Berlin’s long cultural
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The Geschwister Pfister – a German-Swiss-Croatian comedy trio – have written operetta history, many times over. Yes, they were the
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It’s a pretty grand claim to make: “With their multi-media stage show Operetta Made in Austria stage stars Ildiko Raimondi
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Yes, it’s that time of year again when New Year’s concerts are unavoidable. It’s also the time when those in
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In a way, it’s what every operetta fan secretly dreams of: you go to a performance with new unknown singers,
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If you like your operettas exotic, grand, over-the-top and as a total blast, you will probably love the overture to
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The Theater Basel has presented us with a brand new production of Paul Abraham’s 1931 Die Blume von Hawaii. Recently,
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Last weekend, the Royal Musical Association devoted one of its study days to what has controversially been described as the
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We recently reported on the new Emmerich Kálmán Research Centre that will open in Budapest. It’s an academic institution funded
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You could call this year’s Vogelhändler at the Mörbisch Festival a kick-ass production – or an erect middle-finger in the
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