Going Up? The Music of Louis Hirsch
Never heard of Louis Hirsch (1881–1924) and his Broadway operettas? Well, we can change that easily. Because our friends at
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Lehar’s ‘Frederica’ by Concert Operetta Theater
Concert Operetta Theater productions usually win my heart because they immerse their audience in an airy world of romance and
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Jean Gilbert, Walter Kollo and Berlin Operetta After 1914
They were two of the most successful and influential operetta composers in Berlin: Jean Gilbert and Walter Kollo. One Jewish,
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Essays On Kurt Weill’s Broadway Operetta
Here it is, fresh off the press: A German language collection of texts dealing with Kurt Weill’s only “operetta”, The
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Korngold’s “Stumme Serenade” in Arnhem and Berlin
Erich Wolfgang Korngold is mostly remembered today as an adapter of operettas. He re-wrote many famous shows and created versions
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Fred Raymond: A New Official Homepage
Fred Raymond was one of the most successful operetta composers in Germany between 1933 and 1945. His Maske in Blau
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Ivor Novello’s “Valley of Song” on CD
After a sell-out show in January 2014 by Tarquin Productions, the WestEnders are delighted to announce the launch of the original
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Piotr Beczala’s Tribute CD to Richard Tauber
There are two truly stunning moments on this new disc by tenor Piotr Beczala devoted to Richard Tauber. And not
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The Fall and Fall of the Town of Mahagonny
It’s June, and somehow, this season, I had not yet been to an opera at the Staatsoper, where I experienced
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Her Soldier’s Boy: Young World War Heroes Laid Bare
Yes, it’s memorial time. You’ll remember that 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1. There
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One Touch of Venus: A Broadway Operetta
Yes, I know. Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus is generally considered a classic Broadway musical. And rightly so. Still,
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The Empress Josephine Revisited
Yes, she’s the Empress Josephine, and even 200 years after her death she still fascinates. Emmerich Kálmán wrote a whole
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Cheyenne Jackson: A New Kind of Operetta Hero?
It doesn’t happy very often that a recording takes my breath away. But the new West Side Story from San Francisco—of
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The First “Operetten Festival” in Berlin, at the Komische Oper
You will probably remember that the Komische Oper Berlin has had quite a few remarkable operetta productions lately, ever since
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Der ‘Firebrand of Florence’ in Dessau
Jetzt mal im Ernst: Kurt Weill ein Operettenkomponist? Das ist zugegebenermaßen nicht das erste, was einem zu “Kurt” einfällt, oder?
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Kálmán’s “Arizona Lady”: Two Cowboys in 3/4-Time?
An interview with Charles Kálmán, the son of Emmerich Kálmán, on his father’s last operetta, “Arizona Lady”. Most people nowadays
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Messeschlager Gisela
The guys in Rüdersdorf are at it again. They have just announced the new operetta production that will be shown
Zehn Musicalstudenten der UdK in einer phantastischen Show
Es dauert nicht lange bis klar wird, dass dies ein außergewöhnlicher Musiktheaterabend wird – der nach dem post-postmodernen Dekonstruktionsprinzip die
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Die Drei von der Tankstelle
Manchmal lohnt sich ja ein Ausflug in die tiefste Musiktheaterprovinz. Zum Beispiel ins schöne Stendal in der Altmark. Die meisten
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Emily Soldene: In Search of a Singer
I don’t suppose the name means very much nowadays to anyone but a handful of music and theatre historians. Emily
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“Operette kan ook anders”
Nederlanders kennen maar één soort operette, eentje die vaak oubollig en saai gevonden wordt. Gek is dat niet: er is
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Kalman’s Tango-Operetta “Der kleine König” at Ohio This Summer
The Ohio Light Opera in Wooster (“America’s Premiere Lyric Theatre Festival”) has announced its 2014 season. It will make fans
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“Aladdin,” Move Over! Here Come the Real “Arabian Nights”
You probably noticed it too: New York is in a state of shivering anticipation right now about the latest animated
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Vorsätzlich vergessen? Die Operette der DDR
In der Ausstellung “Welt der Operette” wurde jüngst in Wien und München auf das “Heitere Musiktheater” der DDR hingewiesen, aber
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“Made in Berlin”: Otto Schneidereit Revisited
There’s a lot of talk, again, these days about „Operetta Made In Berlin”—how it differs from other German language types
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Liberace on the Blue Danube
I don’t think I have been to a solo piano concert since I was at school. Julius Katchen. Lili Kraus.
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“Ich heiße ganz bescheiden…Max Hansen”
It’s about time, you might say, that someone remembered the great Max Hansen and made him the center of a
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The Metropolis Experiment
The Wien Museum Karlsplatz will open a new exhibition entitled Experiment Metropole on 5 May, 2014. It will focus on
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Retro-Muschi: La Nick und der “Schwanz, der noch ficken will und kann”
In der Berliner Theaterszene hängt natürlich immer alles mit allem zusammen. Irgendwie. Was ja auch den besonderen Reiz unserer Hauptstadt
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Lohengrin Meets Lloyd Webber
First off: I actually like Klaus Florian Vogt. Hearting him as Lohengrin and Stolzing in Wagner’s operas is a unique
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Sweeney Todd: Der teuflische Barbier von Freak Street
I’m just back – exhausted – from Magdeburg. Yes, I didn’t know where it was either. But I do now,
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“Les Mousquetaires au couvent” back in Paris
We bet you didn’t especially wait for a new production of Strauss’ Fledermaus, right? Well, the Opéra Comique is going
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NAUGHTY MARIETTA Musical comedy in 2 acts
Naughty Marietta was written as a commission from impresario Oscar Hammerstein, a transfuge from the world of opera, for a
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Neil Patrick Harris as a Transgender Entertainer
Neil Patrick Harris is at the very top of his considerable game in an electrifying turn as playwright John Cameron
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“Orange Blossoms”: Performed by Light Opera of New York
LOONY (Light Opera of New York) raised its own bar by several notches with their latest production. For starters, although
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Wie einst im Mai – 1943 vs. 1913
Für alle, die unlängst das ZDF-Magazin aspekte gesehen haben: Es gibt neben der dort zelebrierten Berliner Jazz- und Revueoperette der
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