Jazz-Operetta of the 1920′s

Adam Benzwi Discusses “Dreigroschenoper” & Singing Brecht/Weill Today

Pianist and musical director Adam Benzwi was slated to premiere “his” Dreigroschenoper interpretation – in collaboration with stage director Barrie

Paul Abraham’s Ball im Savoy opened at Berlin’s Großes Schauspielhaus in December 1932 with a superstar cast – and was

Today, 90 years ago on 1 April 1930, the famous film Der blaue Engel premiered in Berlin’s Gloria Palace. It

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Giuditta was the last of the series of darkly coloured romantic operettas (this one purposely titled ‘musikalische Komödie’) composed by

I recommend booking travel tickets now for Budapest – to arrive before June 9, 2016. That’s the date of the

The German journalist Klaus Waller has written a 240 pages biography of Paul Abraham: Der tragische König der Operette. It

Charell was born as Erich Karl Löwenberg in Breslau. He was the first child of Markus Löwenberg and Ida Korach.

Die Revue-Operette Im Weißen Rößl, 1930 im Großen Schauspielhaus Berlin unter Erik Charell uraufgeführt, war einer der größten Theatererfolge der

One of the handful of Italian composers who made a significant contribution to a brief flowering of musical plays in

One of the most successful Italian operettas of its period, L’acqua cheta was adapted by Novelli from his successful 1908