Operetta Research Center » Composers in Exile 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 Jean Gilbert (1879-1942): One of the Most Successful Composers for the German Musical Stage http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 09:35:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23470 Gilbert was born as Max Winterfeld in Hamburg, 11 February 1879. He died in exile in Buenos Aires, 20 December

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/feed/ 3 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 Gilbertmania in Spain: Revivisting Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:33:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22420 When Max Winterfeld – better known by his artistic name Jean Gilbert – arrived in Spain in 1934, the country

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/feed/ 1 A New “Exilmuseum” In Berlin – Will It Include The Entertainment World? http://operetta-research-center.org/berlin-new-exilmuseum-will-include-entertainment-world/ http://operetta-research-center.org/berlin-new-exilmuseum-will-include-entertainment-world/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:09:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20278 It’s going to happen: Berlin will get an “Exilmuseum,” a museum dedicated to the stories of those who went into

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/berlin-new-exilmuseum-will-include-entertainment-world/feed/ 1 Ábrahám’s “Ball at the Savoy” At Drury Lane In A 1933 Oscar Hammerstein Production http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/ http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:36:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19926 Paul Abraham’s Ball im Savoy opened at Berlin’s Großes Schauspielhaus in December 1932 with a superstar cast – and was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/feed/ 3 Remembering Hans May And His “Die tanzende Stadt” Or “The Dancing City” (1934) http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-hans-may-operetta-die-tanzende-stadt-1934/ http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-hans-may-operetta-die-tanzende-stadt-1934/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:55:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19798 In 2018 the score of Hans May’s operetta Die tanzende Stadt (The Dancing City, 1934) came up for sale in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-hans-may-operetta-die-tanzende-stadt-1934/feed/ 1 “Grüezi” As A Swiss Exile Answer To “Im Weissen Rössl” – An Interview With Melanie Gehrig Walthert & Reimar Walthert http://operetta-research-center.org/gruezi-swiss-exile-answer-im-weissen-rossl-interview-melanie-gehrig-walthert-reimar-walthert/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gruezi-swiss-exile-answer-im-weissen-rossl-interview-melanie-gehrig-walthert-reimar-walthert/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2019 08:22:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17616 First you’ve never heard of Grüezi at all, even though the artists who created it are all artists you’ve known

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