Rodgers & Hammerstein Revisited: “The King and I” & “South Pacific” on Jay Records
This morning I had an interesting package on my desktop. Complete recordings of The King and I (1994) and South
read moreThis morning I had an interesting package on my desktop. Complete recordings of The King and I (1994) and South
read moreAt long last someone has written a brand new Offenbach book – in English. And what’s even better, it’s a
read moreOperetta was one of the most successful forms of theatre to go transglobal in the 19th and early 20th century.
read moreWhen Linie 1 premiered in West-Berlin back in 1986, three years before the wall came down and East and West
read moreIn the past, Barrie Kosky has shunned the works of Franz Lehár. His operetta focus has been on works by
read moreWhile the world is still waiting for a full-scale bio pic about the life of Fritzi Massary (1882-1969), the Theater
read moreThere is no real shortage of Frau Luna recordings, the Paul Lincke classic from 1899 has always worked well as
read moreIt is an accepted notion that Gilbert and Sullivan were careful to exclude anything in their comic operas that could
read moreThis is VHRP Artistic Director Alyce Mott’s fourth go-round with Victor Herbert’s popular musical comedy – originally a vehicle for
read moreIn March 2023 there’s a three-day conference in Prague devoted to the question of “Czech Operetta and Its Transnational Context”.
read moreThere are no real operetta divas around anymore. Or are there? It seems that nowadays most sopranos singing the once-famous
read moreOperettenfreunde in Österreich haben derzeit einen schweren Stand. Im sogenannten „Mekka der Operette“ in Mörbisch wird, seit Altbeau Alfons Haider
read moreWien war einst Jacques Offenbachs „zweites Paris“. 89 seiner Werke wurden hier aufgeführt, einige davon sogar uraufgeführt. Diese Tradition (ja
read moreThis newly issued 2020 recording from CPO has rarely been out of my CD player since it arrived: it is
read moreThe good news is: Daniela Ziegler finally gets to perform Offenbach and star in an operetta. At the Ernst Deutsch
read moreThe history of Berliner Großes Schauspielhaus – birthplace of the great 1920s Eric Charell revues and especially of Im weißen
read moreTo give credit where it‘s due: ever since the label cpo released Joseph Beer’s 1937 operetta Polnische Hochzeit – which
read moreWhen the Komische Oper opened its doors on 23 December 1947 – in the Soviet controlled section of Berlin –
read moreIf resources enough could be gathered together for an annual festival of Offenbach and maybe his time, where would it
read moreAfter a long Corona delay this Fledermaus adaptation by Stefan Huber and Kai Tietje has finally landed in Berlin and
read moreThis updated version of the classic Kálmán operetta premiered on 25 November in Norwegian with English subtitles. “Nothing is lost,
read moreFor my Christmas present, and to celebrate that Covid is (we must hope) over, I recently traveled to Europe. Over
read moreOffenbach was introduced to the Russian stage when a French company played La belle Hélène at the Imperial Mikhailovsky Theatre
read moreNew Sussex Opera is a self-funding organisation in the south-east of England that specialises in performing rarely heard operas and
read moreIn the summer of 2019 researchers from all around the world gathered for a double conference in Cologne and Paris,
read moreThe theater in Görlitz had planned to bring back the 1978 DDR musical Prinz von Preußen by Dieter Brand and
read moreYes, there is a Belgian tour of Franz von Suppé’s Mozart. And, yes, that’s the same show that was recently
read moreIt’s a new dawn in Leipzig. The opera company has a new director, Tobias Wolff, who opened his first season
read moreThe 1926 Kálmán hit Die Zirkusprinzessin – with a libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald and the memorable song
read moreIn the 21st century, when it is considered oh-so-trendy for boys to dress up as girls, the trendy ones (and
read moreWhile many people know Viennese and French operetta, even Spanish Zarzuela and a few Italian titles, Greek operetta is not
read moreIn 2021, the “bittersweet musical romance” The Pleasure Garden premiered at the Above the Stag theater in London. It’s a
read moreForever branded as Gilbert and Sullivan’s “serious” comic opera, The Yeomen of the Guard is in fact a skilful blend
read moreThe Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter has published in its 101st issue (September 2022) a letter from Jacobo Kaufmann entitled “Copyists
read moreIn recent years we have seen a splendid series of recordings brought forth – in England, France, Italy – of
read moreLeipzig Opera has begun the exciting countdown to the first new productions under its new General Director, Tobias Wolff, and
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