Operetta Research Center » British Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Stanislavsky and “The Mikado” http://operetta-research-center.org/stanislavsky-mikado-moscow-first-russian-production-laurence-senelick/ http://operetta-research-center.org/stanislavsky-mikado-moscow-first-russian-production-laurence-senelick/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:20:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24431 Operetta was one of the most successful forms of theatre to go transglobal in the 19th and early 20th century.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/stanislavsky-mikado-moscow-first-russian-production-laurence-senelick/feed/ 3 Gilbert & Sullivan: Is Sexual Innuendo Imbedded in “HMS Pinafore”? http://operetta-research-center.org/sexual-innuendo-imbedded-h-m-s-pinafore/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sexual-innuendo-imbedded-h-m-s-pinafore/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:47:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24337 It is an accepted notion that Gilbert and Sullivan were careful to exclude anything in their comic operas that could

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/sexual-innuendo-imbedded-h-m-s-pinafore/feed/ 1 “The Pleasure Garden” and Its Place in the History of LGBT Musicals http://operetta-research-center.org/pleasure-garden-place-history-lgbt-musicals/ http://operetta-research-center.org/pleasure-garden-place-history-lgbt-musicals/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2022 13:55:04 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23878 In 2021, the “bittersweet musical romance” The Pleasure Garden premiered at the Above the Stag theater in London. It’s a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/pleasure-garden-place-history-lgbt-musicals/feed/ 0 Quirky and Esoteric: Sandy Wilson’s 1958 “Valmouth” http://operetta-research-center.org/sandy-wilsons-valmouth-1958/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sandy-wilsons-valmouth-1958/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:18:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23756 The show was commissioned from Sandy Wilson, the author-composer of The Boy Friend, by Oscar Lewenstein and the Royal Court Theatre as

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/sandy-wilsons-valmouth-1958/feed/ 0 Revisiting the Emily Soldene Biography. Or: the Postscripta of Publication http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-emily-soldene-biography-postscripta-publication/ http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-emily-soldene-biography-postscripta-publication/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2022 08:45:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23727 When you have spent more than 20 years researching and writing a book, when you have lived and breathed the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-emily-soldene-biography-postscripta-publication/feed/ 0 An 18th Century Operetta Composer? First Recording Of Charles Dibdin’s “The Wags” http://operetta-research-center.org/charles-dibdins-wags-cd/ http://operetta-research-center.org/charles-dibdins-wags-cd/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:54:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22888 Charles Dibdin is often thought of, assuming he is thought of at all, as one of the links between the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/charles-dibdins-wags-cd/feed/ 0 Kurt Gänzl’s “Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays” http://operetta-research-center.org/kurt-ganzls-gilbert-sullivan-players-plays/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kurt-ganzls-gilbert-sullivan-players-plays/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:15:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22871 I feel very honoured and flattered to have been asked to write about the most important book to be written

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kurt-ganzls-gilbert-sullivan-players-plays/feed/ 0 The Incomparable Maudi Darrell: One-Time Darling Of London’s Gaiety Theatre http://operetta-research-center.org/incomparable-maudi-darrell-one-time-darling-london-gaiety-theatre/ http://operetta-research-center.org/incomparable-maudi-darrell-one-time-darling-london-gaiety-theatre/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:58:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21654 The story begins almost like a fairy tale: Once upon a time there were three brothers, George, Edward and John.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/incomparable-maudi-darrell-one-time-darling-london-gaiety-theatre/feed/ 4 March of the Falsettos: Streaming Sasha Regan’s “Pirates of Penzance” From The Palace Theatre http://operetta-research-center.org/march-falsettos-sasha-regans-pirates-penzance-stream-palace-theatre/ http://operetta-research-center.org/march-falsettos-sasha-regans-pirates-penzance-stream-palace-theatre/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:21:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21182 The gimmick with which the West End revival of Sasha Regan’s Pirates of Penzance at the Palace Theatre was recently

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/march-falsettos-sasha-regans-pirates-penzance-stream-palace-theatre/feed/ 0 COX AND BOX, or The Long Lost Brothers: Musical Triumviretta In 1 Act With Music By Arthur Sullivan http://operetta-research-center.org/cox-box-long-lost-brothers-musical-triumviretta-1-act-music-arthur-sullivan/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cox-box-long-lost-brothers-musical-triumviretta-1-act-music-arthur-sullivan/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:47:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21111 This Musical triumviretta in 1 act was adapted from J Maddison Morton’s farce Box and Cox by F C Burnand,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cox-box-long-lost-brothers-musical-triumviretta-1-act-music-arthur-sullivan/feed/ 0 Ivan Caryll & The Heyday Of The Gaiety Musical Comedy http://operetta-research-center.org/ivan-caryll-principal-composer-conductor-heyday-gaiety-musical-comedy/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ivan-caryll-principal-composer-conductor-heyday-gaiety-musical-comedy/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:09:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20744 Ivan Caryll was the principal composer and conductor for the heyday of the Gaiety musical comedy who encouraged the development

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ivan-caryll-principal-composer-conductor-heyday-gaiety-musical-comedy/feed/ 1 A Bi-Polar “Merry Widow”: The Life Of Lily Elsie (1886-1962) Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:34:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20612 Elsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886. Her mother was

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