Hungarian Operetta

“Sissi, Queen of Hungary”: Huszka’s Operetta Turned Into A “National Heritage” Production

07/07/2021·1 comment·

The Hungarian “Monarchia Operett” (Monarchy Operetta Company [1]), under the artistic direction of dance comedian and costume designer Péter Erik

In 2013 and 2016 the University of British Columbia performed two of Emmerich Kálmán’s early symphonic poems, Saturnalia and Endre

Mind the apostrophes! The recent revival of Paul Lincke’s Frau Luna at Tipi am Kanzleramt is a firm reference point

Szirmai was a top-flight Hungarian composer whose career faded when he left home. He studied at the Budapest Zeneakadémia and

Szibill, first produced at the Király Színház, Budapest, on 27 February 1914, was the peak achievement of the short career

10/04/2016·1 comment·

Viktor Jakabfi is one of the group of successful Hungarian composers who dominated the European musical stage in the early

11/03/2016·1 comment·

Emmerich Kalman started his career as a serious“ composer of grand tone poems in the Richard Strauss, or more likely

Professor Magdolna Jákfalvi is specialized in the theater history of Hungary under socialism. She organized the first scientific operetta conference

Produced in Budapest during the most fecund period in Hungarian operetta, Albert Szirmai’s 1916 wartime piece Mágnás Miska (Miska the

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