Francis Lopez (b Montbéliard, 15 June 1916, d Paris, 5 January 1995)
The brightest musical star of the postwar years in France, whose output frittered away into embarrassing imitations of himself after
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
read moreWaaraan denken de meeste toeristen het eerst als ze het woord “Holland” horen? Waarschijnlijk aan tulpen, molens, klompen, Delfts blauw,
read moreOne of the handful of Italian composers who made a significant contribution to a brief flowering of musical plays in
read moreOne of the most successful Italian operettas of its period, L’acqua cheta was adapted by Novelli from his successful 1908
read moreColonel Savage’s enormously successful novel His Official Wife was leaped upon by a horde of theatrical adapters, filmed by Hollywood
read moreAlong with Planquette’s Les Cloches de Corneville, La Fille de Madame Angot (Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes, Brussels, 4 December 1872) was
read moreThe most potent musician in the development of the French opérette tradition in the 1870s, and for a decade the
read moreAlthough the Broadway musical theatre had established itself worldwide with its light-handed song-and-dance shows – Going Up, Irene, Mercenary Mary,
read moreOf Hervé’s three most successful full-scale opéras-bouffes, it was Le Petit Faust, the only one of the three to parody
read moreRomberg studied the violin in his youthful years in Hungary, but he was set at first towards an adult career
read moreArthur Seymour Sullivan (b London, 13 May 1842; d London, 22 November 1900). Educated at the Chapel Royal, the Royal
read moreWilliam Schwenk Gilbert (b London, 18 November 1836; d Harrow Weald, 29 May 1911). The most talented librettist and lyricist
read moreOne of the many variants on the Abu Hasan ‘king for a day’ tale, Justin McCarthy’s play If I Were
read moreThe most successful of the series of important musical plays produced by George Edwardes at Daly’s Theatre around the turn
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