Operetta Research Center » On the Record 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 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 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 “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 First Full Cast Recording of Gustave Kerker’s “The Belle of New York” http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:29:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24805 As everyone who’s currently watching season 2 of The Gilded Age knows: marriage in New York City among the super-rich

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/feed/ 3 The “Fake” Disney Princess: Diana Damrau Sings Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/diana-damrau-operette-cd-album/ http://operetta-research-center.org/diana-damrau-operette-cd-album/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:50:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24749 So, here it is at last: Diana Damrau’s operetta album dedicated to the “life embracing side” of the genre and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/diana-damrau-operette-cd-album/feed/ 0 Opera Rara’s New “La Princesse de Trébizonde” http://operetta-research-center.org/opera-rara-la-princesse-de-trebizonde-offenbach/ http://operetta-research-center.org/opera-rara-la-princesse-de-trebizonde-offenbach/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:06:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24669 Ever since that night so many years ago when I saw my first Offenbach (November 4, 1974, Hoffmanns Erzählungen, at

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/opera-rara-la-princesse-de-trebizonde-offenbach/feed/ 0 New Recording from Graz: Nico Dostal’s “Clivia” on cpo http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2023 11:10:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24624 Nico Dostal scored a hit with his Clivia when it premiered at Berlin’s Theater am Nollendorfplatz in December 1933, after

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/feed/ 0 World Premiere Recording: Walter W. Goetze’s “Wenn Männer schwindeln” http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:03:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24594 The works of German pre-WW1 composers have only recently come back into focus again – as opposed to the better-known

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/feed/ 1 “Camelot” Returns With A New Broadway Cast Album http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-returns-new-broadway-cast-album/ http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-returns-new-broadway-cast-album/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:13:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24568 I have always liked 90 percent of Camelot. And 100 percent of its delicious source material. I am, yes, too

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