“Le Voyage Dans La Lune”: Offenbach’s 1875 Sci-Fi Spectacle
Three years and eight major shows after the splenditious production of Le Roi Carotte, Offenbach returned to the world of
read moreThree years and eight major shows after the splenditious production of Le Roi Carotte, Offenbach returned to the world of
read moreThis update of the original 1879 Carl Millöcker operetta was created by Paul Knepler and Ignaz M Welleminsky who turned
read moreThe Theater Vorpommern is a company that plays in various cities near the Baltic Sea in North-East Germany. Its opera
read moreHere’s great news: a new book on Offenbach is out! It is entitled Offenbach, Composer of Zarzuelas and has been
read moreJean Gilbert’s operetta with the original libretto by Georg Okonkowski premiered on 22 November 1912 at Deutsches Operettentheater, Hamburg, as
read moreCarl [Rudolf Michael] Weinberger was born in Vienna on 3 April, 1861, and he died there on 1 November, 1939.
read moreFor a work that, for all its cherishable qualities, can hardly be said to rate as one of Victor Herbert’s
read moreWhile German or Austrian theatres regularly programme classic Broadway musicals, Spain’s lyric theatres only rarely enter this attractive universe, though
read moreI knew that I should enjoy this 1927 French operetta directly after I read Richard Traubner’s dismissal of Marcel Lattès
read moreIn the latest newsletter of the Jacques Offenbach Society (No. 98), there is a reprint of the full Meilhac &
read moreThis operette in 3 acts by F Zell is based on the comédie-vaudeville Nanon, Ninon et Madame de Maintenon by
read moreCharles Dibdin is often thought of, assuming he is thought of at all, as one of the links between the
read moreI feel very honoured and flattered to have been asked to write about the most important book to be written
read moreThe most successful stage musical work of Reynaldo Hahn, Ciboulette was written to a text by two of the most
read moreWith a title like Die Antisemiten (The Antisemites) attached to a “Grand Opera” you have the immediate attention of most
read morePianist and musical director Adam Benzwi was slated to premiere “his” Dreigroschenoper interpretation – in collaboration with stage director Barrie
read moreThe Hungarian “Monarchia Operett” (Monarchy Operetta Company [1]), under the artistic direction of dance comedian and costume designer Péter Erik
read moreIn the midst of Meilhac, Halévy and Offenbach’s dazzling series of successes with the earliest of their famous opéras-bouffes –
read moreThe US-American musicologist Micaela Baranello joined the Department of Music at the University of Arkansas in 2017 and has recently
read moreThe history of Die lustige Witwe has fascinated us, here at the Operetta Research Center, immensely over the past months.
read moreHervé’s second attempt, after Les Chevaliers de la table ronde (1866), to produce a full-length burlesque opérette to challenge the
read moreThe story begins almost like a fairy tale: Once upon a time there were three brothers, George, Edward and John.
read moreHervé’s 1867 opéra bouffe L’œil crevé (literally “The pierced eye” or “It hit me right in the eye”) was first
read moreBorn in Caracas, Venezuela, on 9 August, 1874, Reynaldo Hahn was the elegant, soigné composer whose work for the French
read moreThe gimmick with which the West End revival of Sasha Regan’s Pirates of Penzance at the Palace Theatre was recently
read moreThis Musical triumviretta in 1 act was adapted from J Maddison Morton’s farce Box and Cox by F C Burnand,
read moreWhen Staatsoperette Dresden presented Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus as part of their “Broadway in Dresden” series, in a
read moreIn 2013 and 2016 the University of British Columbia performed two of Emmerich Kálmán’s early symphonic poems, Saturnalia and Endre
read moreThe Austrian newspaper Der Standard has added a forgotten film operetta to their DVD series “Der österreichische Film”, a movie
read moreThis picture looked to me like a rather nice American girlie entertainment from the Twenties. Wonder what it is, thought
read moreDavid Monod, professor of American social and cultural history, has undertaken a massive challenge in presenting a history of American
read moreIvan Caryll was the principal composer and conductor for the heyday of the Gaiety musical comedy who encouraged the development
read moreAn updated version of the Aladdin story, rewritten to feature the comedians Dave Montgomery and Fred Stone, Chin-Chin cast its
read moreFrom 14 October onwards the Fundación Juan March is presenting a special program dedicated to Jacques Offenbach. The series of
read moreA burlesque of Longfellow’s poem of the same name, the extravaganza Evangeline followed the trials and tribulations of its heroine
read moreElsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886. Her mother was
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