Operetta Research Center » Cultural Politics after 1933 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 Lehár’s “Giuditta”: The Splendour and Misery of the Exchangeable http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-lehars-giuditta-essay-mathias-spohr/ http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-lehars-giuditta-essay-mathias-spohr/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2024 09:26:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25311 To speak of the genre of Viennese operetta as having a kind of Hegelian spirit, with a life course from

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-lehars-giuditta-essay-mathias-spohr/feed/ 12 Ernst Neubach (1900-1968): Librettist, Lyricist, Film Producer, Director http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:49:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25287 He claimed to have written the lyrics for over 2,000 songs and to have been involved in “the making of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/feed/ 0 “Lustige Witwe”: Barrie Kosky Tackles the “Führer’s” Favorite Operetta in Zurich http://operetta-research-center.org/lustige-witwe-barrie-kosky-zurich/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lustige-witwe-barrie-kosky-zurich/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:55:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24392 In the past, Barrie Kosky has shunned the works of Franz Lehár. His operetta focus has been on works by

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lustige-witwe-barrie-kosky-zurich/feed/ 4 The Revival of Joseph Beer Continues: Upcoming Productions in Dresden and Regensburg http://operetta-research-center.org/revival-joseph-beer-continues-upcoming-productions-dresden-regensburg/ http://operetta-research-center.org/revival-joseph-beer-continues-upcoming-productions-dresden-regensburg/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2023 11:14:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24289 To give credit where it‘s due: ever since the label cpo released Joseph Beer’s 1937 operetta Polnische Hochzeit – which

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/revival-joseph-beer-continues-upcoming-productions-dresden-regensburg/feed/ 1 “When the Music Stopped…Willy Rosen’s Holocaust”: A New Book By Casey J. Hayes http://operetta-research-center.org/music-stoppedwilly-rosens-holocaust-new-book-casey-j-hayes/ http://operetta-research-center.org/music-stoppedwilly-rosens-holocaust-new-book-casey-j-hayes/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:33:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22971 He was Weimar Germany’s answer to Barry Manilow, the most popular entertainer and songwriter of his generation, writing hit after

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/music-stoppedwilly-rosens-holocaust-new-book-casey-j-hayes/feed/ 1 Paul O’Montis: Biography Of A “Vortragskünstler” Adored By Elderly Ladies & Young Gentlemen http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:19:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22488 Most operetta fans will know Paul O’Montis because he made a famous recording of “Was kann der Sigismund dafür, dass

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/feed/ 3 RSC: Reconstructing Erik Charell’s Shakespeare Adaptation “Swingin’ the Dream” http://operetta-research-center.org/rsc-brings-erik-charells-shakespeare-adaptation-swingin-dream-back-concert/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rsc-brings-erik-charells-shakespeare-adaptation-swingin-dream-back-concert/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:01:21 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21264 When the Shakespeare adaptation Swingin‘ the Dream opened on Broadway in 1939 it followed Erik Charell’s earlier XXL-sized Broadway hit

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rsc-brings-erik-charells-shakespeare-adaptation-swingin-dream-back-concert/feed/ 0 “My Song For You”: A Marta Eggerth & Jan Kiepura Exhibition In Vienna http://operetta-research-center.org/song-marta-eggerth-jan-kiepura-exhibition-vienna/ http://operetta-research-center.org/song-marta-eggerth-jan-kiepura-exhibition-vienna/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:03:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20726 Devotees of classic Hollywood musicals – the sort that are the staple of Turner Classic Movies – will know Hungarian

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/song-marta-eggerth-jan-kiepura-exhibition-vienna/feed/ 1 “Don’t Forget, Goebbels Was A Ladies’ Man”: Memories Of The Hiller Girls http://operetta-research-center.org/dont-forget-goebbels-ladies-man-memories-hiller-girls/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dont-forget-goebbels-ladies-man-memories-hiller-girls/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:01:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14321 Sitting in her tidy Munich apartment, as snowflakes swirl outside, Jenny Hiller is far away as she watches her younger

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dont-forget-goebbels-ladies-man-memories-hiller-girls/feed/ 0 Alberto Spadolini: The Nude Spy & Dancer From “Die lustige Witwe” 1940 http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/ http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/#comments Sun, 07 Jan 2018 10:17:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13718 We recently ran an article on “Operetta in the Third Reich,” reporting on the new book of the same title

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/feed/ 1 “The White Horse Inn At Central Park”: Rediscovering The Jimmy Berg Adaptations http://operetta-research-center.org/white-horse-inn-central-park-rediscovering-jimmy-berg-adaptations/ http://operetta-research-center.org/white-horse-inn-central-park-rediscovering-jimmy-berg-adaptations/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:00:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10639 The White Horse Inn at the Central Park – an Austrian operetta staged in New York in the 1940s? Yes,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/white-horse-inn-central-park-rediscovering-jimmy-berg-adaptations/feed/ 0 Nico Dostal’s “Prinzessin Nofretete” New In Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/dostals-prinzessin-nofretete-new-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dostals-prinzessin-nofretete-new-leipzig/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2016 06:00:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9235 The Oper Leipzig annouced its new season this week, including the program for the associated Musikalische Komödie. There is a

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