“Die Fledermaus Zuhaus”: When 35 Artists From 7 Time Zones Come Together On YouTube
Die Fledermaus Zuhaus (The Bat At Home) is an abridged version of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus developed during the various
read moreDie Fledermaus Zuhaus (The Bat At Home) is an abridged version of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus developed during the various
read moreAls das Dreimäderlhaus am 15. Januar 1916 im Wiener Raimundtheater in Premiere ging waren die Kritiken gespalten. Denn Komponist Heinrich
read moreBorn in Caracas, Venezuela, on 9 August, 1874, Reynaldo Hahn was the elegant, soigné composer whose work for the French
read moreAustrian author and feminist activist Marlene Streeruwitz spoke out against the patriotic “kitsch culture” in her homeland in an interview
read moreWho said that operettas don’t make headlines anymore? And that super stars from Hollywood wouldn’t be interested in the genre
read moreYes, it’s great to see that a younger generation of rising “star” conductors is expressing interest in operetta. More than
read moreÜbers Thema Operette in der DDR wird in letzter Zeit wieder mehr gesprochen. 2012 gab es in der Ausstellung Welt
read moreOn 27 January, 1945 the Nazi concentration in Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet Army. Memorial speeches all over the
read moreZum Offenbach-Jubiläum 2019 spielten die Salzburger Festspiele erstmals eine Offenbach-Operette und übertrugen die Regie Barrie Kosky. Leider gaben sie ihm
read moreOkay, Munich has the Gärtnerplatztheater and thus a center of operetta “maintenance” in Germany which competes with Staatsoperette Dresden, Musikalische
read moreWhen I visited Tallinn in 2016 and saw that they were playing Ball im Savoy at the Estonian National Opera,
read moreTheater memoirs are rarely published in Hungary, mostly because they are not being written. The entangled interpersonal relationships of artistic
read moreMy first theatre visit of 2020 was an ominous forewarning of what was to come: On 2 January I saw
read moreWhen the Shakespeare adaptation Swingin‘ the Dream opened on Broadway in 1939 it followed Erik Charell’s earlier XXL-sized Broadway hit
read moreThere’s something supremely uplifting about starting the new year with Franz von Suppé’s rousing Fatinitza march as played by the
read moreAh yes, another Fledermaus recording. As if there aren’t enough already, right? Well, actually, this one from the NDR Radiophilharmonie
read moreThe gimmick with which the West End revival of Sasha Regan’s Pirates of Penzance at the Palace Theatre was recently
read moreRecently, Wolfgang Jansen published a collection of essays dealing with “Popular Music Theater under Socialism,” an aspect of 20th century
read moreObviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola
read moreThis Musical triumviretta in 1 act was adapted from J Maddison Morton’s farce Box and Cox by F C Burnand,
read moreI’m an old conservative. I was ‘a little con-ser-va-tive’ (as opposed to a ‘little li-ber-al’) from the moment I was
read moreOne of the things that irritates me about Richard Traubner’s book Operetta: A Theatrical History is the way he dismisses
read moreAfter rumors had already started circulating, it’s now official: Komische Oper Berlin has cancelled its live stream of Paul Abraham’s
read moreGypsy Rose Lee has climbed the laddered stocking of the stripper world, tassel by tassel, and mounted a new summit
read more“The Art of Operetta“ is the headline on the cover of the December issue of Gramophone magazine from the UK.
read moreWolfgang Jansen has published many books: on the history of revues and revue operettas in the Weimar Republic, on Broadway
read moreWhen I saw the news today that Gorki Theater Berlin will stream one of the greatest operetta productions I have
read moreWhen Staatsoperette Dresden presented Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus as part of their “Broadway in Dresden” series, in a
read moreYesterday, a surprising book arrived on my desk: Popular Music Theatre Under Socialism. I guessed straight away that we weren’t
read moreYeehaw! Komische Oper Berlin has finally awoken from its Sleeping Beauty Corona mode; the company has decided to offer something
read moreIn 2013 and 2016 the University of British Columbia performed two of Emmerich Kálmán’s early symphonic poems, Saturnalia and Endre
read morePutting on Eduard Künneke’s 1920 hit Der Vetter aus Dingsda seemed like a good idea in times of Corona restrictions:
read moreIt seems that the operetta scene is finally awaking to the possibilities of the internet as a chance to overcome
read moreAnd now, I would like to talk to you about George London. Yes, I am aware that he didn’t sing
read moreThe Austrian newspaper Der Standard has added a forgotten film operetta to their DVD series “Der österreichische Film”, a movie
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