Strike Up The Band: “A Trip To Africa” By Franz von Suppé
Dario Salvi has reconstructed Franz von Suppe’s operetta Die Afrikareise (A Trip to Africa) in a ground breaking project with
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An Offenbach Festival in Berlin: Four Shows in Seven Days
So this time round it is going to be: Offenbach. The Komische Oper is dedicating its 2016 operetta festival in
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The Gayest Show in Berlin: “Kiss Me, Kate” At The Komische Oper
Barrie Kosky’s first foray into the Broadway musical at the Komische Oper was Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate in 2008,
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“Mozart In The Jungle”: Roger Neill Also Composed “The Beastly Bombing”
You probably read that the Amazon Original Series Mozart in the Jungle won at the Golden Globes in the “Best
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The Comic Operetta “Candide” And The Germans
The popularity of Candide in Germany can be attributed to several factors: the continuing high profile of Leonard Bernstein, the
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Deutscher Operettenpreis für junge Dirigenten geht an Dominic Limburg
Zum 8. Mal zeichneten Deutscher Musikrat und Oper Leipzig einen jungen Dirigenten für seine Leistung im Operettenfach aus. Beim Abschlusskonzert
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1923 Yiddish Operetta Astounds New York City Audience
An unlikely current hit, the 1923 Yiddish musical Di goldene Kale (“The Golden Bride”) by Joseph Rumshinsky, emerged after years
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“Looking for orchids in a corn field”: Nadine Secunde Talks About The Changing Art of Operetta Singing
American soprano Nadine Secunde is probably not someone you’d immediately associate with operetta or musical comedy, or light(er) music in
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Vienna’s New Year’s Concert: Using Johann Strauss As A PR-Tool For Tourism
How could we get through January 1st without the obligatory New Year’s Concert from Vienna? The 2016 edition was conducted
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The First Great Dickensian Operetta: “Pickwick” (1889)
Retrospect Opera, a registered charity in Britain, has launched a project to record the operetta Pickwick (1889) by Sir Francis
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Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker: Angst vor der Nazi-Vergangenheit?
Am 1. Januar 2016 wird das kommerziell erfolgreiche Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker im Großen „goldenen“ Saal des Musikvereinsals „75-jähriges Jubiläum“
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Blacks Doing Yellow-Face, Or Some Very Queer Gilbert & Sullivan
Recently, ORCA received a generous donation in the form of various Gilbert & Sullivan materials that a researcher in the
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The “Circus Princess” Triumphs in Vienna: Kalman’s New Musical Piece the Operetta Sensation of Europe
Will he “come back”? Will Emmerich Kalman succeed in duplicating the tremendous success of his Countess Maritza, which has been
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Putting Operetta Back On The A-List: The Top 5 Productions 2015
Berlin’s ultra-hip and queer urban magazine Siegessäule has published a hot list of the top 5 films and stage productions
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Operette in Wien in den Jahren 1938 bis 1944: Eine Bestandsaufnahme
Am 12. März 1938 nachmittags hatten sich in der Wohnung des Dramaturgen und Regisseurs Kurt Hellmer in Naschmarktnähe ein paar
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Baltimore Ravens Singing Star-Kicker: Justin Tucker
Why not have something visually refreshing this week-end? The classical music blog “Barihunks” reported today, that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin
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“The Golden Bride” At The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
This meticulous reconstruction of composer Joseph Rumshinsky’s 1923 operetta Di Goldene Kale (“The Golden Bride”) may well be the most
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Kálmán As Premature Ejaculation? “Die Zirkusprinzessin” In Berlin
Yes, it comes as a bit of a surprise to hear Yvonne Kálmán – of all people – say about
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150 Years Gärtnerplatz Theater: An Illustrated History & Exhibition
Das Gärtnerplatztheater in München ist hundertfünfzig geworden. Gefeiert wurde das Jubiläum jedoch außerhalb, weil das Haus saniert wird. Ein vergrößerter
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Operetta Stars Make Berlin’s New “My Fair Lady” Sparkle
Should anyone be surprised? The new production of My Fair Lady at the Komische Oper Berlin is sold out to
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“Csardasfürstin” Conquers Oman And Qatar
In a very bitter twist of irony, it happened at the exact same moment when Islamic terrorists struck in Paris,
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A New Generation of (Yummy?) Operetta Singers
The students of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy,“ in Leipzig, will present their version and vision
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Leoncavallo’s “Zazà” Returns Triumphantly
This week, there will be a concert performance of Leoncavallo’s one-and-only operetta Zazà at the Barbican in London. It’s a
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf At 100: “Komm’ mit mir ins Chambre separée”
Today, soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf would have celebrated her 100th birthday. That’s a perfect occasion to remember her enormous recorded legacy,
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“Grimm”: Tomorrow’s Stars In Today’s Hit-Show
Yes, here it finally is: the original cast album and DVD version of Grimm. This fairy tale musical, with some
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Period Genre Spoof: “Dames At Sea” Returns To New York Triumphantly
Director/choreographer Randy Skinner’s production of the 1968 Off-Broadway charmer – a delicious take-off on those Busby Berkeley musicals of the
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Conductor Florian Ziemen Discusses The Joys Of (Oversexed) Jazz-Operettas
Ever since conductor Florian Ziemen came to Gießen, the opera house there has presented some unusual operetta rediscovery projects: Gustav
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Chita Rivera Sings Robert Stolz? The Cast Album Of “The Visit”
Listening to Kander & Ebb’s The Visit – their adaptation of Durrenmatt’s Besuch der alten Dame – with an operetta
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Top 10 Hottest Operetta Hunks?
Sometimes you wonder why the opera world – of all possible spaces – can pull off such a stunt, but
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Seven Brides For Seven Brothers: A New Cowboy Cast Album
It would seem that cowboys are back en vogue everywhere, not just in Hollywood with blockbusters such as Django Unchained
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“Csardasfürstin” Conference in Budapest
This week-end, the Budapest Operetta Theatre is hosting a conference on Die Csardasfürstin, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of that
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Angeline And Her Tattooed Man: Victor Herbert’s ‘Funny’ Songs
You might say: wow, the Americans are catching on! Or differently put, the announcement of the latest concert by the
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Meet Rothschilds & Sons: The Bock/Harnick Show Returns Rewritten
Though Broadway’s The Rothschilds in 1970 was far from a megahit on the scale of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s
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Race And Operetta: The Next Frontier?
It is often interesting to compare how researchers in different parts of the Western world look at art forms in
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Oscar Straus – Ein deutscher Offenbach?
Yes, there’s a new book on Oscar Straus, that often over-looked composer of Ein Walzertraum but also of Die lustigen
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Broadway Does Operetta. Or: From Dallas To Philadelphia
The folks in Philadelphia are at it again this weekend. They will be presenting a concert called Broadway Does Operetta,
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