Operetta Research Center » kevin http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 “Hopsa” – Paul Burkhard’s Breakthrough and the Birth of the Swiss Musical http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/ http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25833 The Bühne Burgäschi has announced a new production of Hopsa for summer 2026, bringing renewed attention to the work with

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/feed/ 0 Helmut G. Asper’s “Music in the Air: The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile” http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/ http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:02:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25828 In the introduction to his new book “Music in the Air”. The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile 1933–1950, Helmut

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/feed/ 0 Pure Viagra: Pablo Luna’s “Benamor” Triumphs at Theater an der Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/ http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:42:04 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25818 Like Berlin, Madrid in the Golden Twenties was a hotspot of nightlife and a queer mecca. On the evening of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/feed/ 1 “Frau Luna” Returns as a Glittering Utopia http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/ http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:26:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25811 When this production of Paul Lincke’s classic Frau Luna opened in Berlin ten years ago, it was one among many

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/feed/ 0 A Family Reunion: “Mein Freund Bunbury” in Annaberg-Buchholz http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:27:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25806 The revival cycle of DDR operettas continues. After the Komische Oper Berlin recently cancelled its planned production of Gerd Natschinski’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/feed/ 0 The Return of “Ennobled” Operetta: Lehár, Thielemann, and an Unlearned Lesson http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/ http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:01:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25792 Berlin was—and in many ways still is—a center of operetta innovation. A reminder: in the 1920s, crucial impulses for renewing

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/feed/ 0 Giorgio Madia: “Entertainment, that’s an insult!” http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:26:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25770 Stage director and choreographer Giorgio Madia discusses operetta then and now, with a special focus on the Mörbisch festival years

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/feed/ 0 The Unwelcome Genre: The Comeback of DDR Operettas http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:11:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25762 At long last, there is some movement in the engagement with “Heiteres Musiktheater”. In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), this

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/feed/ 0 A Bold New “Sissy”: Gender-Reversed Kreisler Triumphs in Bremen http://operetta-research-center.org/frank-hilbrich-bold-new-sissy-gender-reversed-operetta-triumphs-bremen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/frank-hilbrich-bold-new-sissy-gender-reversed-operetta-triumphs-bremen/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:47:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25747 When the Theater am Goetheplatz unveiled its new production of Sissy, the 1932 operetta by violin virtuoso–turned–composer Fritz Kreisler with

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/frank-hilbrich-bold-new-sissy-gender-reversed-operetta-triumphs-bremen/feed/ 3 Rediscovering a Forgotten Gem: “Die gelbe Lilie” in Annaberg-Buchholz http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-von-gotz-annaberg-die-gelbe-lilie-operetta-von-michael-krasznay-krausz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-von-gotz-annaberg-die-gelbe-lilie-operetta-von-michael-krasznay-krausz/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:03:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25732 A long-lost musical treasure is coming back to life. On December 13, 2025, the little theater in Annaberg-Buchholz will premiere

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-von-gotz-annaberg-die-gelbe-lilie-operetta-von-michael-krasznay-krausz/feed/ 2 Johann Strauss II’s “Waldmeister”: A Quirky Comedy of Errors Live http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-johann-strauss-ii-waldmeister-gartnerplatztheater-munchen-cd-live/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-johann-strauss-ii-waldmeister-gartnerplatztheater-munchen-cd-live/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:26:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25692 The world—including the music world—celebrates Johann Strauss II’s 200th birthday in 2025. Exhibitions, new books such as the crime novel

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-johann-strauss-ii-waldmeister-gartnerplatztheater-munchen-cd-live/feed/ 0 Farewell, Yvonne Kálmán (1937-2025) http://operetta-research-center.org/farewell-yvonne-kalman-1936-2025/ http://operetta-research-center.org/farewell-yvonne-kalman-1936-2025/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2025 10:58:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25665 Yvonne Kálmán, youngest daughter of the celebrated Austro-Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, passed away peacefully on Friday, 7 November 2025, at

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