Operetta Research Center » Nazi Politics 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 The Memoirs of Gerd Natschinski. Or: Whatever Happened To DDR Operettas? http://operetta-research-center.org/gerd-natschinski-ddr-operettas/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gerd-natschinski-ddr-operettas/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:59:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11881 It’s a sad fact that the West-German publishers Schott and Bärenreiter – who took over the performance material for many

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gerd-natschinski-ddr-operettas/feed/ 3 Operette und Musicals in der DDR: Ein Gespräch mit Werner P. Seiferth vom Metropoltheater http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:26:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21387 Übers Thema Operette in der DDR wird in letzter Zeit wieder mehr gesprochen. 2012 gab es in der Ausstellung Welt

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/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 “Czech Operetta and Its Transnational Context”: A Conference in Prague http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/ http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:48:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24304 In March 2023 there’s a three-day conference in Prague devoted to the question of “Czech Operetta and Its Transnational Context”.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/feed/ 0 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 Ernst Theis Conducts “Tonfilmschlager” from Nazi Times http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-conducts-tonfilmschlager-nazi-times/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-conducts-tonfilmschlager-nazi-times/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:56:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23716 “Can music be innocent?“ That‘s the first sentence in the booklet to this new CD of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-conducts-tonfilmschlager-nazi-times/feed/ 0 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 “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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