Operetta Research Center » Media 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 Helmut G. Asper’s “Music in the Air: The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile” http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/ http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:02:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25828 In the introduction to his new book “Music in the Air”. The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile 1933–1950, Helmut

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/feed/ 0 Johann Strauss II’s “Waldmeister”: A Quirky Comedy of Errors Live http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-johann-strauss-ii-waldmeister-gartnerplatztheater-munchen-cd-live/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-johann-strauss-ii-waldmeister-gartnerplatztheater-munchen-cd-live/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:26:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25692 The world—including the music world—celebrates Johann Strauss II’s 200th birthday in 2025. Exhibitions, new books such as the crime novel

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-johann-strauss-ii-waldmeister-gartnerplatztheater-munchen-cd-live/feed/ 0 From Blue Danube to Rainbow Waltz: Yannick Nézet‑Séguin Leads Vienna’s New Year’s Concert http://operetta-research-center.org/yannick-nezet%e2%80%91seguin-neujahrskonzert-2026-rainbow-waltz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/yannick-nezet%e2%80%91seguin-neujahrskonzert-2026-rainbow-waltz/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:08:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25784 It is not unfair to say that the Vienna New Year’s Concert, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, has become something

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/yannick-nezet%e2%80%91seguin-neujahrskonzert-2026-rainbow-waltz/feed/ 1 The 1925 Film Version of “Ein Walzertraum” Restored http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/ http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:23:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25583 It’s finally happening: the famous film version of Ein Walzertraum has been restored and will be shown on tv. Parallel

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/feed/ 0 „Eine Bühne wie keine andere“: Interview mit Wolfgang Jansen zur Geschichte des Friedrichstadt-Palast http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/ http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:20:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25563 Der Theaterhistoriker Wolfgang Jansen widmet sich in seinem neuen Buch der Geschichte des Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin, in der Zeit 1945

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/feed/ 0 Annus mirabilis? New Zarzuela Recordings in 2024 http://operetta-research-center.org/annus-mirabilis-new-zarzuela-recordings-2024/ http://operetta-research-center.org/annus-mirabilis-new-zarzuela-recordings-2024/#comments Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:35:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25427 When we speak of the zarzuela discography, the great Spanish opera singers of the second half of the 20th century

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/annus-mirabilis-new-zarzuela-recordings-2024/feed/ 0 The New “La Vie parisienne” from Palazzetto Bru Zane http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/ http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:38:39 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25347 Yesterday a long-awaited recording arrived on my desk-top. ‘Long-awaited’? Of course. The latest from the firm of Bru Zane, the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/feed/ 0 The Story of Julian Eltinge: America’s Greatest Female Impersonator http://operetta-research-center.org/story-julian-eltinge-americas-greatest-female-impersonator/ http://operetta-research-center.org/story-julian-eltinge-americas-greatest-female-impersonator/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:01:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25297 It’s almost a quarter of a century ago that Laurence Senelick published his book The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/story-julian-eltinge-americas-greatest-female-impersonator/feed/ 0 “Katharine Mehrling in Berlin” – The Promise of an Operetta Album to Come? http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:38:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25226 This week, Katharine Mehrling is back at Bar jeder Vernunft in Berlin with a program called 6 Nächte in Berlin,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/feed/ 0 Unanswered Prayers: Gabrielle Heidelberger’s Operetta Recital http://operetta-research-center.org/unanswered-prayers-gabrielle-heidelbergers-operetta-recital/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unanswered-prayers-gabrielle-heidelbergers-operetta-recital/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:45:25 +0000 http://chateauorwey.com/orca/?p=937 Here’s a recital album entitled multiple Joys that mixes—with full orchestra accompaniment—Bernstein’s “Somewhere” with “Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein”,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unanswered-prayers-gabrielle-heidelbergers-operetta-recital/feed/ 2 “Disrupted by the Morality Police”: A New Book on Carl Millöcker http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:00:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25172 Martin Trageser has published a 150 page book on Carl Millöcker (1842-1899). We spoke with him about this project and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/feed/ 1 Routlegde’s “Genre Beyond Borders: Reassessing Operetta” http://operetta-research-center.org/routlegdes-genre-beyond-borders-reassessing-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/routlegdes-genre-beyond-borders-reassessing-operetta/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:35:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25145 Back in the year 2019, the University of Leeds hosted an conference put together by Derek B. Scott and Anastasia

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