Operetta Research Center » Vienna Waltz 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 Giorgio Madia: “Entertainment, that’s an insult!” http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:26:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25770 Stage director and choreographer Giorgio Madia discusses operetta then and now, with a special focus on the Mörbisch festival years

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/feed/ 0 The International Success of Johann Strauss’ “Das Spitzentuch der Königin“ (1880) http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/ http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:46:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25481 Following the notable success of Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss had fared less well with Cagliostro in Wien and Prinz Methusalem

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/feed/ 1 Carl Millöcker (b. Vienna, 29 April 1842; d. Baden bei Wien, 31 December 1899) http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/ http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 21:16:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24928 Carl Millöcker was one of the trio of Viennese composers who were responsible for the bulk of the outstanding Operetten

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/feed/ 0 “Der arme Jonathan”: Operette in 3 acts by Carl Millöker http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:49:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24916 Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer based their libretto on Les Deux Anglais by P-F Merville, Carl Millöcker wrote the music. Their show, Der

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/feed/ 0 “Lachende Erben“, Or: Another Weinberger? http://operetta-research-center.org/lachende-erben-another-weinberger/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lachende-erben-another-weinberger/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:11:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23389 Carl [Rudolf Michael] Weinberger was born in Vienna on 3 April, 1861, and he died there on 1 November, 1939.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lachende-erben-another-weinberger/feed/ 0 “Nanon, die Wirtin vom Goldenen Lamm“: Richard Genée‘s 1877 Hit Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/nanon-richard-genee-1877/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nanon-richard-genee-1877/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2021 10:06:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22922 This operette in 3 acts by F Zell is based on the comédie-vaudeville Nanon, Ninon et Madame de Maintenon by

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/nanon-richard-genee-1877/feed/ 2 Richard Genée’s “Die Antisemiten” (1868): Solo Scene Translated Into English http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-die-antisemiten-1868-translated-english-first-time/ http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-die-antisemiten-1868-translated-english-first-time/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2021 10:36:23 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22577 With a title like Die Antisemiten (The Antisemites) attached to a “Grand Opera” you have the immediate attention of most

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-die-antisemiten-1868-translated-english-first-time/feed/ 0 “I Would Like To See More Women Writing About Operetta”: Micaela Baranello Discusses Her Book “The Operetta Empire” http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/ http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/#comments Sat, 29 May 2021 09:25:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21918 The US-American musicologist Micaela Baranello joined the Department of Music at the University of Arkansas in 2017 and has recently

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/feed/ 3 Constance Drever: Creating “La Veuve joyeuse” With A Strong English Accent http://operetta-research-center.org/constance-drever-creating-la-veuve-joyeuse-strong-english-accent/ http://operetta-research-center.org/constance-drever-creating-la-veuve-joyeuse-strong-english-accent/#comments Fri, 28 May 2021 09:04:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21914 The history of Die lustige Witwe has fascinated us, here at the Operetta Research Center, immensely over the past months.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/constance-drever-creating-la-veuve-joyeuse-strong-english-accent/feed/ 0 “Sehnsucht 202” On DVD: A Very Queer Version Of Vienna With Fritz Schulz & Paul Kemp http://operetta-research-center.org/sehnsucht-202-dvd-queer-version-vienna-louise-rainer-magda-schneider/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sehnsucht-202-dvd-queer-version-vienna-louise-rainer-magda-schneider/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2020 10:43:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20902 The Austrian newspaper Der Standard has added a forgotten film operetta to their DVD series “Der österreichische Film”, a movie

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/sehnsucht-202-dvd-queer-version-vienna-louise-rainer-magda-schneider/feed/ 0 Lily Elsie (1886-1962): Becoming “The Most Photographed Woman In The World” http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2020 08:05:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20498 A child of mysterious origins (she was rumoured, when fame came, to have been the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/feed/ 0 Broadway Producer Henry W. Savage (1859-1927): “Merry Widow” and “Sari” Were His Greatest Hits http://operetta-research-center.org/broadway-producer-henry-w-savage-1859-1927-merry-widow-sari-greatest-hits/ http://operetta-research-center.org/broadway-producer-henry-w-savage-1859-1927-merry-widow-sari-greatest-hits/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2020 09:00:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20490 Harvard-educated Henry Wilson Savage was born in New Durham (New Hampshire) on 21 March 1859 and well established as a

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