“Ball im Savoy” From Estonia, Arranged & Sung By Mart Sander
When I visited Tallinn in 2016 and saw that they were playing Ball im Savoy at the Estonian National Opera,
read moreWhen I visited Tallinn in 2016 and saw that they were playing Ball im Savoy at the Estonian National Opera,
read moreTheater memoirs are rarely published in Hungary, mostly because they are not being written. The entangled interpersonal relationships of artistic
read moreThere’s something supremely uplifting about starting the new year with Franz von Suppé’s rousing Fatinitza march as played by the
read moreAh yes, another Fledermaus recording. As if there aren’t enough already, right? Well, actually, this one from the NDR Radiophilharmonie
read moreThe gimmick with which the West End revival of Sasha Regan’s Pirates of Penzance at the Palace Theatre was recently
read moreObviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola
read moreI’m an old conservative. I was ‘a little con-ser-va-tive’ (as opposed to a ‘little li-ber-al’) from the moment I was
read moreWolfgang Jansen has published many books: on the history of revues and revue operettas in the Weimar Republic, on Broadway
read moreWhen I saw the news today that Gorki Theater Berlin will stream one of the greatest operetta productions I have
read moreWhen Staatsoperette Dresden presented Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus as part of their “Broadway in Dresden” series, in a
read moreYesterday, a surprising book arrived on my desk: Popular Music Theatre Under Socialism. I guessed straight away that we weren’t
read moreYeehaw! Komische Oper Berlin has finally awoken from its Sleeping Beauty Corona mode; the company has decided to offer something
read moreIn 2013 and 2016 the University of British Columbia performed two of Emmerich Kálmán’s early symphonic poems, Saturnalia and Endre
read morePutting on Eduard Künneke’s 1920 hit Der Vetter aus Dingsda seemed like a good idea in times of Corona restrictions:
read moreIt seems that the operetta scene is finally awaking to the possibilities of the internet as a chance to overcome
read moreAnd now, I would like to talk to you about George London. Yes, I am aware that he didn’t sing
read moreThe Austrian newspaper Der Standard has added a forgotten film operetta to their DVD series “Der österreichische Film”, a movie
read moreOver the last several months, the beloved New York institution dedicated to all things Victor Herbert, has been streaming video
read moreThe 2nd wave Corona lockdown has made operetta performances virtually impossible in many countries, and it looks like it might
read moreYou might be as baffled by this new release as I am: the recent production of Jaromir Weinberger’s “last Weimar
read moreConductor Georges Prêtre is generally considered one of the best interpreters of French music, and the list of famous recordings
read moreYou could say it’s a bitter irony: ever since theaters in Germany re-opened after the summer, Barrie Kosky has said
read moreDavid Monod, professor of American social and cultural history, has undertaken a massive challenge in presenting a history of American
read moreWomen opera and operetta composers are often even more in the shadows than women composers in general, and if it
read moreThis new recording starts overwhelmingly: with gongs, whole tone scales, rhythmic oriental rattling, bouncing horn passages à la Richard Strauss.
read moreBeim Verlag Königshausen & Neumann ist soeben in zwei Bänden Musik und Gesellschaft erschienen, mit den Schlagwörtern „Marktplätze – Kampfzonen
read moreAt the beginning of August 2020 Helga Benatzky died at the blessed age of 96: she had been in charge
read moreWhat grabbed my immediate attention with this new Eine Nacht in Venedig on cpo are the names on the cover:
read moreThe aspect that initially drew my attention to this brand new re-release of The Merry Widow in “hi-fidelity stereo” was
read moreHas the long waiting finally come to an end, is post-Corona operetta back? After the somewhat problematic “Jewish and Gay”
read moreMy first ‘live’ encounter with Oscar Straus was attending a wonderfully inspired production of his first operetta Die lustigen Nibelungen
read moreEubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm and Race arrives as a most welcome and long overdue biography of pianist and composer Eubie
read moreThe other day I had a long transatlantic phone conversation with an US-American operetta researcher I greatly admire for his
read moreA performance of Lehár’s Clo-Clo from the Ohio Light Opera – filmed live at the theater in Wooster – has
read moreBecause of the required commitment of time, money, and dedication, it is a safe bet, with the exception of the
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