Emmerich Kálmán’s “Die Bajadere” At The Summer Festival Of Neustrelitz
Imagine sitting under the stars in a beautiful German Schlossgarten, totally relaxed, watching a hugely enjoyable operetta by Emmerich Kálmán
read moreImagine sitting under the stars in a beautiful German Schlossgarten, totally relaxed, watching a hugely enjoyable operetta by Emmerich Kálmán
read more“The Gay Hussars”? I admit, the title of the 1909 Broadway version of Emmerich Kalman’s first operetta hit Tatájárás caught
read moreWe recently reported on the new Emmerich Kálmán Research Centre that will open in Budapest. It’s an academic institution funded
read moreIt was a dazzling party: Yvonne Kalman celebrated her 80th birthday last week-end in Budapest as a big gala event,
read moreIt’s a special treat, that’s for sure: the Komische Oper Berlin is ending its Emmerich Kalman cycle of Christmas operettas
read moreFor their 2016/17 season, the Budapest Operetta Theater (BOT) has some surprises in store. They might have opened the season
read moreOne of the most successful, and certainly the most widely enduring of Kálmán’s operettas, Die Csárdásfürstin was nevertheless composed to
read moreZu Weihnachten 2014 schenkt die Komische Oper den Berlinern eine sehr späte – und überfällige – Hauptstadtpremiere von Emmerich Kálmáns
read moreIn 2003, Henschel Verlag of Berlin published Unter Tränen lachen, a German-language “operetta biography” of composer Emmerich Kálmán. The author,
read moreEin dickes Buch, das sich aber flüssig liest. Gewiss Gelehrsamkeit, wie es sich für eine Dissertation gehört, doch kommt sie
read moreIrgendwie stehen die in Amerika entstandenen Werke emigrierter Komponisten (ob Korngold, Weill oder Kálmán etc.) in unseren Landen immer noch
read moreDid it really take until 2021 for a complete Countess Mariza recording to come out? Of course, there have been
read moreIn 2013 and 2016 the University of British Columbia performed two of Emmerich Kálmán’s early symphonic poems, Saturnalia and Endre
read moreKálmán’s 1920 Viennese hit Das Hollandweibchen is a special work that marks a turning point in the composer’s long career.
read moreFans of musical theater and operetta will not find a richer, more concentrated banquet of their favorite entertainment than that
read moreOn 20 October, Theater Magdeburg premieres a new production of Kalman’s Gräfin Mariza. The composer’s daughter Yvonne is expected as
read moreEmmerich Kálmán’s Die Faschingsfee had a very chequered history in its first few years. It was first seen in Budapest
read moreBack in 1997, Michael Miller, the chair of the Ohio Light Opera Board of Directors, and president of the Operetta
read moreAt the beginning of December, the winners of this year’s Bundeswettbewerb Gesang presented themselves at the Friedrichstadt Palast in Berlin,
read moreThe Hungarian Herman Ottó Muzeum has announced that it has debuted in Moscow with a solo exhibition. At the end
read moreOne of Emmerich Kalman’s great musical idols was George Gershwin whom he entertained in Vienna in 1928, after they both
read moreOn Nagymezó, the historic theatre street of Budapest, a bronze statue of operetta composer Emmerich Kálmán sits on the end
read moreThe nomadic company of Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz has staged a rare, highly successful and most enjoyable revival of Kalman’s 1917
read moreWith Die Bajadere, Emmerich Kalman embarked on a new path as a composer in 1921: he changed his librettist team
read moreThere will be a new memorial plaque on Maximilianstraße 56 next year: on February 22, the second anniversary of his
read moreCould any musical comedy from 1912 be more up-to-date from today’s war-on-terror-perspective? This is the story of a revolution of
read moreOff to new frontiers: that has always been a guiding principle for operetta. In this case, Hungarian operetta, or more
read moreEmmerich Kalman started his career as a serious“ composer of grand tone poems in the Richard Strauss, or more likely
read moreIt seems almost only yesterday that Charles Kalman died, and had his memorable musical funeral in Munich. Now, his wife
read moreWill he “come back”? Will Emmerich Kalman succeed in duplicating the tremendous success of his Countess Maritza, which has been
read moreYes, it comes as a bit of a surprise to hear Yvonne Kálmán – of all people – say about
read moreEmmerich Kálmán’s Csardasfürstin opened on Broadway, at the New Amsterdam Theater, on 24 September 1917 under the new American title
read moreAn operetta festival in Nice, South of France? Yes, it exists, and this year is already its 14th edition, devoted
read moreIt is with great sadness that we, at the Operetta Research Center, have to report the death of Charles Kálmán.
read moreTruth be told: the performance of Turkish musical comedy star Serkan Kaya as a swaggering cowboy hero in Kalman’s Arizona
read moreIn Vienna, a grand musical birthday celebration will be held in December. The “birthday boy” is Charles Kalman, oldest son
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