Welt der Operette: Glamour, Stars und Showbusiness
To coincide with the new exhibition at the Theater Museum Wien, the publishing house Brandstätter has released a dazzling new
read moreTo coincide with the new exhibition at the Theater Museum Wien, the publishing house Brandstätter has released a dazzling new
read moreMillöcker’s most successful Operette and, indeed, one of the very few 19th-century Viennese pieces which do not have the fashionable
read moreFranz von Suppé followed up his first great success with a full-length Operette, Fatinitza, with a second, three years later.
read moreIt’s a mile stone in operetta publishing, you might say: the Wiener Volksliederwerk (WVW) in cooperation with a whole list
read moreFresh off the press: the Edition Steinbauer in Vienna published a new and illustrated biography of Leo Fall (1873-1925), beloved
read moreJames Montgomery’s 1910 play The Aviator was put to musical use seven years on by its author and the now
read moreIf anyone really wants to sample the full power of Judy Garland at her mature, late period best – a
read moreLéon Jessels Operette Schwarzwaldmädel wurde am 25. August 1917 in der Komischen Oper Berlin uraufgeführt. Das war natürlich nicht die
read moreWäre es nach dem Willen seiner jüdischen Eltern Samuel und Mary Jessel gegangen, dann wäre aus dem in Stettin am
read moreThe most internationally successful and the most enduring of Sigmund Romberg’s long line of romantic musical plays, The Desert Song
read moreThe most widely successful, and also one of the most enduring, of all pasticcio musical plays, from The Beggar’s Opera
read moreWie konnte das geschehen? Wie konnte aus der aktuellen, witzigen, frivolen und vor allem internationalen Kunstform Operette, die speziell in
read moreThe fourth of Offenbach’s great opéras-bouffes burlesqueing ancient historical legend or mythology (after Orphée aux enfers, Geneviève de Brabant and
read moreThe brightest musical star of the postwar years in France, whose output frittered away into embarrassing imitations of himself after
read moreThe greatest theatrical success of composer Johann Strauss, and the most internationally enduring of all 19th-century Viennese Operetten — the
read moreSuppé had been writing theatre music ranging from songs for Singspiele, burlesque, farce and spectaculars to short and medium-sized Operetten
read moreThe eighth in Strauss’s list of Operetten, Der lustige Krieg followed behind the disastrous Blindekuh and the rather more successful
read moreKorngold und die Operette – das ist ein faszinierendes Thema, weil es den Komponisten im Spannungsfeld von ideologischen Widersprüchen der
read moreUm der Wahrheit die Ehre zu geben: Ich kannte von der Operette Der König mit dem Regenschirm mal gerade den
read moreWhen composer Ralph Benatzky (1884-1957) – fresh from his international triumphs with Casanova, The Three Musketeers and White Horse Inn
read moreAm 10. Jänner 1891 wurde Carl Zellers Operette Der Vogelhändler am Theater an der Wien uraufgeführt. Die Zeitungen vermelden, dass
read moreA new biography of White Horse Inn-composer Ralph Benatzky is out, written by Benatzky- (and Bertold Brecht-) expert Fritz Hennenberg.
read moreWonderful and important news for all (German speaking) operetta fans: Marion Linhardt has edited the first ever collection of primary
read moreIn 1867, the year of the extravagant Paris Exposition Universelle , Offenbach’s success reached its apogee. His new opera bouffes,
read moreHenri Meilhac’s play L’Attaché d’ambassade, produced at Paris’s Théâtre du Vaudeville in 1861, was not a success. It was played
read moreThis interesting book contains 13 papers by different authors, delivered in symposium at the Dresden Staatsoperette (the one subsidized theatre
read moreBetween 1943 and 1959, the lyricist-librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) and his composer partner, Richard Rodgers (1902–1979), transformed American popular
read moreOffenbachianer werden die neue 2-CD-Box Entre Nous. Celebrating Offenbach des englischen Entdecker-Labels Opera Rara mit einem lachenden und einem weinenden
read moreEin dickes Buch, das sich aber flüssig liest. Gewiss Gelehrsamkeit, wie es sich für eine Dissertation gehört, doch kommt sie
read moreOne of the great popular musical performers of the nineteenth century’ is Andrew Lamb’s description of the subject of this
read moreIt was about time that someone finally wrote a modern biography of one of the world’s greatest operetta pioneers: Franz
read more1980 brachten die Musik-Konzepte ein Heft heraus, das der Musik und dem sozio-kulturellen Umfeld von Jacques Offenbach gewidmet war.[1] Es
read moreSie haben lange und erfolgreich im kommerziellen Musicalbereich gearbeitet, u.a. bei der Stella in Bochum, Stuttgart und Berlin, wo Sie
read moreWie konnte das geschehen? Wie konnte aus der aktuellen, witzigen, frivolen und vorwiegend austrojudäischen Kunstform Operette, die speziell in den
read moreDie gelbe Jacke, written to a libretto by the partner of Lehár’s earliest success, Der Rastelbinder (1902), and of his
read moreDie von der Firma Truesoundtranfers herausgegebene Serie mit Aufnahmen der Lustigen Witwe, des Graf von Luxemburg und der Zigeunerliebe in
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