Operetta Research Center » US-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 CAMELOT Musical in 2 acts by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-musical-2-acts-alan-jay-lerner-frederick-loewe/ http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-musical-2-acts-alan-jay-lerner-frederick-loewe/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:35:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24576 Camelot had the impossibly difficult task of following behind My Fair Lady in the opus of Lerner and Loewe, and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-musical-2-acts-alan-jay-lerner-frederick-loewe/feed/ 1 Blackface and Crossdressing: The Great Minstrel ‘Prima Donnas’ http://operetta-research-center.org/blackface-crossdressing-great-minstrel-prima-donne/ http://operetta-research-center.org/blackface-crossdressing-great-minstrel-prima-donne/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:33:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23923 In the 21st century, when it is considered oh-so-trendy for boys to dress up as girls, the trendy ones (and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/blackface-crossdressing-great-minstrel-prima-donne/feed/ 0 John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan” (1896) http://operetta-research-center.org/john-philip-sousas-el-capitan-1896/ http://operetta-research-center.org/john-philip-sousas-el-capitan-1896/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:00:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23678 One of the earliest successful comic operas to come out of America, El Capitan was also the one successful attempt

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/john-philip-sousas-el-capitan-1896/feed/ 1 A Farcical Comedy: Victor Herbert’s “The Only Girl” Returns to New York http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:46:21 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23348 For a work that, for all its cherishable qualities, can hardly be said to rate as one of Victor Herbert’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/feed/ 1 Spain Invades Broadway: Rediscovering “The Land of Joy” at the Off-Festival in Oviedo http://operetta-research-center.org/the-land-joy-rediscovered-in-oviedo/ http://operetta-research-center.org/the-land-joy-rediscovered-in-oviedo/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:34:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23324 While German or Austrian theatres regularly programme classic Broadway musicals, Spain’s lyric theatres only rarely enter this attractive universe, though

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/the-land-joy-rediscovered-in-oviedo/feed/ 0 New Art is True Art: Kurt Weill’s “One Touch of Venus” http://operetta-research-center.org/new-art-true-art-kurt-weills-one-touch-venus/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-art-true-art-kurt-weills-one-touch-venus/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:19:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20986 When Staatsoperette Dresden presented Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus as part of their “Broadway in Dresden” series, in a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-art-true-art-kurt-weills-one-touch-venus/feed/ 0 Why oh why oh why oh! Burleycue in Ohio: “The Bandbox Revue” Of 1922 http://operetta-research-center.org/oh-oh-oh-burleycue-ohio/ http://operetta-research-center.org/oh-oh-oh-burleycue-ohio/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:31:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20889 This picture looked to me like a rather nice American girlie entertainment from the Twenties. Wonder what it is, thought

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/oh-oh-oh-burleycue-ohio/feed/ 0 David Monod’s “Vaudeville & The Making Of Modern Entertainment” 1890-1925 http://operetta-research-center.org/david-monods-vaudeville-making-modern-entertainment-1890-1925/ http://operetta-research-center.org/david-monods-vaudeville-making-modern-entertainment-1890-1925/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2020 09:31:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20755 David Monod, professor of American social and cultural history, has undertaken a massive challenge in presenting a history of American

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/david-monods-vaudeville-making-modern-entertainment-1890-1925/feed/ 1 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 CHIN-CHIN, Or A Modern Aladdin Musical Fantasy (1914) With Music By Ivan Caryll http://operetta-research-center.org/chin-chin-modern-aladdin-musical-fantasy-music-ivan-caryll/ http://operetta-research-center.org/chin-chin-modern-aladdin-musical-fantasy-music-ivan-caryll/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:07:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20714 An updated version of the Aladdin story, rewritten to feature the comedians Dave Montgomery and Fred Stone, Chin-Chin cast its

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/chin-chin-modern-aladdin-musical-fantasy-music-ivan-caryll/feed/ 1 A Legendary American Burlesque: “Evangeline” (1874), Beautiful Country Girls & A Dancing Heifer http://operetta-research-center.org/legendary-american-burlesque-evangeline-1874/ http://operetta-research-center.org/legendary-american-burlesque-evangeline-1874/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2020 09:40:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20636 A burlesque of Longfellow’s poem of the same name, the extravaganza Evangeline followed the trials and tribulations of its heroine

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/legendary-american-burlesque-evangeline-1874/feed/ 0 Jeanette MacDonald (1901-1965): Hollywood’s Most Successful Soprano Star Of Celluloid Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-1901-1965-hollywoods-successful-soprano-star-celluloid-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-1901-1965-hollywoods-successful-soprano-star-celluloid-operetta/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:52:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20550 After beginning her singing career as a teenager in the chorus of a New York revue, Miss MacDonald (born in

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