Operetta Research Center » On Screen 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 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 “For the Drama”: Strauss’ “Fledermaus” as Real-Life-Fiction on TV http://operetta-research-center.org/drama-strauss-fledermaus-real-life-fiction-german-tv/ http://operetta-research-center.org/drama-strauss-fledermaus-real-life-fiction-german-tv/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:56:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25116 This 3-part German mini-series called For the Drama is remarkable in many ways. It tells the story of two singers

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/drama-strauss-fledermaus-real-life-fiction-german-tv/feed/ 2 Erstmals auf DVD: Benatzkys „Der reichste Mann der Welt“ http://operetta-research-center.org/ganz-groser-kitsch-aber-gigantisch-gekonnt-benatzkys-der-reichste-mann-der-welt-annaberg/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ganz-groser-kitsch-aber-gigantisch-gekonnt-benatzkys-der-reichste-mann-der-welt-annaberg/#comments Fri, 07 Jul 2023 09:47:29 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22940 In der Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Operette bedeutet die sogenannte Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten Anfang 1933 einen radikalen Einschnitt: Die bis dahin

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ganz-groser-kitsch-aber-gigantisch-gekonnt-benatzkys-der-reichste-mann-der-welt-annaberg/feed/ 5 “Zauber der Bohème” at New York’s Austrian Cultural Forum http://operetta-research-center.org/zauber-der-boheme-new-yorks-austrian-cultural-forum/ http://operetta-research-center.org/zauber-der-boheme-new-yorks-austrian-cultural-forum/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:36:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23402 Back in 2020, I covered a press conference announcing the launch of an exhibit in Vienna under the auspices of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/zauber-der-boheme-new-yorks-austrian-cultural-forum/feed/ 1 Declaration of Bankruptcy? “L’Auberge du Cheval blanc” from the Opéra de Lausanne http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/ http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2022 10:50:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23217 Encountering Im weißen Rössl in its French version can be a joy, as anyone knows who has ever heard Bourvil

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/feed/ 3 Homage to Carl Michael Ziehrer: The Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert 2022 http://operetta-research-center.org/homage-carl-michael-ziehrer-vienna-philharmonic-new-years-concert-2022/ http://operetta-research-center.org/homage-carl-michael-ziehrer-vienna-philharmonic-new-years-concert-2022/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:33:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23148 It’s only a few days now, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will be at their exercise again. Their 1 January

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/homage-carl-michael-ziehrer-vienna-philharmonic-new-years-concert-2022/feed/ 1 Lehár’s “Giuditta” As A Mash-Up With Ödön von Horváth’s “Sladek, Or: The Black Army” http://operetta-research-center.org/lehars-giuditta-mash-odon-von-horvaths-sladek-black-army/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lehars-giuditta-mash-odon-von-horvaths-sladek-black-army/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:27:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23097 The premiere of the new production of Lehár’s last operetta Giuditta is coming up at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. It’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lehars-giuditta-mash-odon-von-horvaths-sladek-black-army/feed/ 1 Are We Finally Rediscovering Victor Hollaender? http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-rediscoving-victor-hollaender/ http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-rediscoving-victor-hollaender/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:46:42 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22978 No, the orientalist silent film orgy Sumurun, filmed in the Ufa studios in Berlin-Tempelhof in 1920, doesn’t need to be

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-rediscoving-victor-hollaender/feed/ 0 One Singular Sensation? Hahn’s “Ciboulette” Re-Released On DVD By Naxos http://operetta-research-center.org/reynaldo-hahns-ciboulette-re-released-dvd-naxos/ http://operetta-research-center.org/reynaldo-hahns-ciboulette-re-released-dvd-naxos/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:57:01 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22830 It’s back again: the performance of Reynaldo Hahn’s Ciboulette, filmed at Opéra Comique in February 2013, has been re-released on

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/reynaldo-hahns-ciboulette-re-released-dvd-naxos/feed/ 0 Laurent Pelly’s “Barbe-bleue” From Opéra de Lyon Arrives On DVD http://operetta-research-center.org/laurent-pellys-barbe-bleue-opera-de-lyon-arrives-dvd/ http://operetta-research-center.org/laurent-pellys-barbe-bleue-opera-de-lyon-arrives-dvd/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:50:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22348 Laurent Pelly’s celebrated production of Offenbach’s Barbe-bleue from the Opéra de Lyon has finally arrived on DVD. It offers Yann

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/laurent-pellys-barbe-bleue-opera-de-lyon-arrives-dvd/feed/ 1 A New Dawn In Leipzig? Musikalische Komödie Reopens With A “Gräfin Mariza” Stream http://operetta-research-center.org/new-dawn-leipzig-musikalische-komodie-reopens-grafin-mariza-stream/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-dawn-leipzig-musikalische-komodie-reopens-grafin-mariza-stream/#comments Fri, 07 May 2021 10:08:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21877 “Another opening, another show…” But not in Philly or Boston, as Cole Porter once rhymed for Kiss Me, Kate, but

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-dawn-leipzig-musikalische-komodie-reopens-grafin-mariza-stream/feed/ 0 “Inselzauber”: Landesbühne Sachsen Streams Offenbach’s Genderqueer “Island Of Tulipatan” http://operetta-research-center.org/inselzauber-landesbuhne-sachsen-streams-offenbachs-island-tulipatan/ http://operetta-research-center.org/inselzauber-landesbuhne-sachsen-streams-offenbachs-island-tulipatan/#comments Fri, 07 May 2021 09:19:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21868 Due to Corona, Landesbühnen Sachsen in Germany put on two small scale one-acters last year: Offenbach’s The Island of Tulipatan

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