Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947): Only One Enduring Score?.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, on 9 August, 1874, Reynaldo Hahn was the elegant, soigné composer whose work for the French
read moreBorn in Caracas, Venezuela, on 9 August, 1874, Reynaldo Hahn was the elegant, soigné composer whose work for the French
read moreFrom 14 October onwards the Fundación Juan March is presenting a special program dedicated to Jacques Offenbach. The series of
read moreAfter an early career spent performing in cafés and suburban music halls, Maurice Chevalier (born in Ménilmontant on 12 September,
read moreProbably the best of the later, post Raymond Vincy, musical shows written by the already fading Francis Lopez, Viva Napoli
read moreAs much as one show can, La Belle de Cadix marked the same kind of a turning in the musical
read moreLe Chanteur de Mexico followed behind La Belle de Cadix and Andalousie in the continuing series of Raymond Vincy/Francis Lopez
read moreKarl Kraus und Felix Salten haben 1909 bzw. 1906 Diagnosen zur Situation des musikalischen Unterhaltungstheaters und seiner Rezeption in Wien
read moreEmmerich Kálmáns Graf Tassilo (Gräfin Mariza, Buch Julius Brammer / Alfred Grünwald) verkörpert einen Typus, den das Publikum der Uraufführung
read moreThe folk who created the musical works of Meilhac, Halévy, Crémieux, Hervé and their colleagues, and of the parallel composers,
read moreNo one can really claim that there is not an abundance of exciting Offenbach literature that has been published since
read moreThe one-act l‘île de Tulipatan, written by Jacques Offenbach with his librettists Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru in 1868 for
read moreJacques Offenbach could not have asked for a better way to curry favour for theatre priveleges than by publishing a
read moreThe Queen of Offenbach’s Bouffes? Oh, yes, I hear the unenlightened nod. ‘Hortense Schneider. We’ve all heard of her’. I:
read moreMonsieur Marius (Claude Marius Duplany, b Paris, 18 February 1850) was a ‘Frenchman, play producer, actor, raconteur, and optimist’ (they
read moreÉdouard Théodore Nicole, better known as Léonce (b Paris, 12 January 1820) was a slim, bespectacled (off-stage) low comedian with
read moreIn 1847 the young comedian known as Désiré asked Hervé for a two-handed musical sketch to play at his benefit.
read moreOriginally produced at Baden-Baden during the 1869 summer season, with the young Mdlle Périer in its principal travesty rôle, La
read moreSometimes you read an operetta essay that deeply disturbs you – not because it is badly written or full of
read moreIn his 2 volume biography Emily Soldene: In Search of a Singer Kurt Gänzl chronicles the initial success of opéra
read moreIn 1980, the classical music world marked the 100th anniversary of Jacques Offenbach’s death. And for this greatest of ‘life
read moreMy last post and its original five pictures, borrowed from the gold mines of Blois, included four taken from the
read moreDaniel Defoe’s shipwrecked hero (1719) and his man Friday seem to have made their first appearance on the musical stage
read moreWhen I lived in St Paul de Vence, my partner Ian and I took a weekly bus jaunt down to
read moreAn interview with Felicitas Wetzel, a German sound artist who created a concert performance with Offenbach music and quotes called
read moreJeff Clarke has been the Artistic Director of UK’s Opera della Luna since 1994. With that company, he has made
read moreJean-François Philibert Berthelier (b Panissières, Loire, 14 December 1828; d Paris, 29 September 1888) was a comic actor and singer
read moreThe genre operetta was invented around 1850 in Paris, as a new and independent musical theater form in the modern
read moreHervé’s second attempt, after Les Chevaliers de la table ronde (1866), to produce a full-length burlesque opérette to challenge the
read moreOf the great opéras-bouffes of Offenbach’s early years, the one which has suffered the most inexplicable eclipse in the 20th
read moreEven after the success of his full-length opéras-bouffes and the disappearance of the constrictions which had limited him in earlier
read moreJacques Offenbach’s La Princesse de Trébizonde premiered in 1869 in the fashionable spa town of Baden Baden – in their
read moreDo you know Phi-Phi? Unless you are French or Hungarian and over 90 years of age, you won’t ever have
read moreZulma Bouffar (b Nérac, 24 May 1841) made her first appearance on the stage at the age of six, at
read moreShe was the six-year shooting star of Offenbach’s Théâtre des Variétés series whose dazzling career declined at the same time
read moreLydia Thompson [Eliza Hodges Thompson] is one of the theatre’s ‘legends’, and as in the case of other such legendary
read moreMarie Desclauzas was a buxom and eventually hefty star of the opérette stage who became the most admired musical character
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