Erich von Stroheim’s “The Merry Widow” At The Staatsoperette Dresden
Some years ago I was asked by the former Dutch Film Museum (renamed Eye Film Institute today) to accompany The
read moreSome years ago I was asked by the former Dutch Film Museum (renamed Eye Film Institute today) to accompany The
read moreAs everyone knows, by now, there are many White Horse Inn incarnations out there, and it seems more and more
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read moreFrench composer Hervé (1825-1892) has been so overshadowed by his competitor, friend and contemporary Jacques Offenbach that hardly anyone remembers
read moreWhen the San Francisco Opera puts on a show like Show Boat it raises expectations. The company has a chorus
read moreAs everyone knows, the Ohio Light Opera is one of the prime performance venues for lesser known works of Emmerich
read moreIt’s a grand day in Moscow today, filled with military parades. Perhaps it’s the appropriate time to remember one of
read moreThere is always time for a few little curiosities. Take, for example, the movie Cynthia (1947) starring Elizabeth Taylor –
read moreIt is not quite an “indecent proposal,” as in the 1993 Robert Redford movie. But still, it’s a stunning offer:
read moreDid anyone ever wonder what happened to Rodolfo after Mimi’s death? Truth be told, I did not. At least not
read moreIt certainly is a little unusual: a ballet version by Roland Petit of the Johann Strauss classic Die Fledermaus. Filmed
read moreSigmund Romberg’s North Africa spectacle The Desert Song “is arguably the best of the group of romantic operettas that found
read moreHalf the world loves Italian music, whether it’s popular songs of the „Volare“ type or operas from Rossini to Verdi
read moreThe DVD L’eternel enchanteur is no compilation of movie fragments as the titles on the sleeve notes seem to suggest.
read moreIn the latest newsletter from the Kurt Weill Foundation, there’s a review of the new One Touch of Venus recording,
read moreMost Germans are familiar-very familiar-with the White Horse Inn. That’s because the film version starring Peter Alexander and Waltraud Haas
read moreAs of 2013, the Austrian operetta festival in Mörbisch—near the Hungarian border—has a new director. Dagmar Schellenberger replaced Harald Serafin
read moreYes, it’s memorial time. You’ll remember that 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1. There
read moreAm 18. Dezember 1983 erlebte die Deutsche Oper Berlin eine kleine Sternstunde heiteren Musiktheaters. In der dritten Spielzeit seiner Intendanz
read moreIt’s a historic document, of a special kind: when the Deutsche Oper Berlin was the only opera company in good
read moreIf anyone really wants to sample the full power of Judy Garland at her mature, late period best – a
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