“Offenbachiades” And Their Context: A New Study By Peter Hawig
Let’s start this review backwards, shall we? The last sentence in Peter Hawig’s new book for the Offenbach bicentenary is:
read moreLet’s start this review backwards, shall we? The last sentence in Peter Hawig’s new book for the Offenbach bicentenary is:
read moreGroße Ereignisse werfen ihre Schatten voraus, und so sind im Vorfeld des 200. Offenbach-Geburtstags 2019 mehrere neue Bücher auf den
read moreThere are many events and exhibitions, TV documentaries and newspaper articles in circulations right now in Germany, commemorating the end
read moreWhen I first heard of this book I got really excited: the famous S. Fischer publishing house would release a
read moreJust out is a large-size almost catalogue-like publication in English, French and German in the Revue Musicorum series, no. 20/2018.
read moreBack in 2014, corresponding with the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Schwules Museum in Berlin offered
read moreAh, yes: Madame D‘Ora! She’s been one of my great operetta heroines, ever since I first found her portrait of
read moreIt has been a splendid winter. Three new musical-theatre works – one English, two French – have crossed my desk,
read moreHere it is, finally: a full biography of Jetty Treffz (1818-1878), first wife of Johann Strauss and responsible for bringing
read moreAt long last someone has written a brand new Offenbach book – in English. And what’s even better, it’s a
read moreThis is one of those publications that should have made a big splash – but didn’t. Back in 2009, Marion
read moreVictor Léon (1858-1940) hat im Lauf seiner mehr als fünfzigjährigen Theater-Karriere über hundert Bühnenstücke geschrieben, knapp die Hälfte davon wird
read moreNew operas are hard to come by these days—at least that is what I have always been told. Finding an
read moreWhen this heavy, 350 page book, closely but clearly typed and well-illustrated, arrived in the post I thought I would
read moreHas operetta research shifted gear? One could think so, considering that there are finally in-depth academic studies coming out that
read moreA seventy-one year old man, a little crippled these days, lying in the too-scorching sun by the Australian seaside, reading
read moreOscar Straus (1870-1954) is one of the leading operetta composers of the first half of the 20th century whose greatest
read moreFor many operetta fans, Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underword is the masterpiece with which it all began, back in 1858.
read moreJohn Koegel reminds us, early on in this broadly conceived, superbly researched, and elegantly written study, that the population of
read moreThe Staatsoperette Dresden has been – for many years – one of the few theaters in Germany, before and after
read moreAnyone who is even remotely interested in the history of German language operetta knows that Bad Ischl – a kind
read moreCharles Amberg (1894-1946) is not exactly a household name today, and even dedicated operetta fans will be hard pressed to
read moreFor many operetta lovers, Austrian tenor and Volksoper star Peter Minich, is an icon. He certainly represents a very particular
read moreWe admit, in many ways the year 2016 hasn’t exactly been “good news” all around. Yet, from an operetta perspective
read moreIn variation of the famous saying “Every country has the government it deserves” – by 18th century political philosopher Joseph-Marie
read moreHere is a splashy new biography of “Broadway’s Greatest Producer,” Florenz Ziegfeld, written by the team of the Brideson sisters,
read moreAs a companion volume to its recent exhibition on New York’s Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway, the Museum
read moreConsidering that most new books dealing with Broadway history in coffee table format simply recycle what has already been written
read moreThe enthusiasm is impressive and a role model, no doubt: conductor Dario Salvi got so excited about Franz von Suppé’s
read moreAlan Lareau, Professor of German at the University of Oshkosh and a scholar specialized in the cabaret culture of the
read moreIn 1883, three of the masterminds of Viennese operetta collaborated on a new masterpiece; A Trip to Africa – or
read moreIt doesn’t happen too often that a musicological magazine dedicates an entire issue to “operetta”: with eight short essays dealing
read moreIt’s not every day that you get to see images of Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss Jr. and Richard Tauber right
read moreIt’s a small book, but full of interesting content: Swing tanzen verboten. Unterhaltungsmusik nach 1933 zwischen Widerstand, Propaganda und Vertreibung.
read moreDas Gärtnerplatztheater in München ist hundertfünfzig geworden. Gefeiert wurde das Jubiläum jedoch außerhalb, weil das Haus saniert wird. Ein vergrößerter
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