Operetta Research Center » The Situation after 1945 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 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 “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 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 Coming-out als Operettenrettung? Interview zum Queer Reading des „Dreimäderlhaus“ http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-schwuler-schubert-als-rettung-interview-zum-queer-reading-des-dreimaderlhaus-landestheater-linz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-schwuler-schubert-als-rettung-interview-zum-queer-reading-des-dreimaderlhaus-landestheater-linz/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:30:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21494 Als das Dreimäderlhaus am 15. Januar 1916 im Wiener Raimundtheater in Premiere ging waren die Kritiken gespalten. Denn Komponist Heinrich

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-schwuler-schubert-als-rettung-interview-zum-queer-reading-des-dreimaderlhaus-landestheater-linz/feed/ 0 Is The Gold & Silver Terminology Nothing More Than Camouflaged Anti-Semitism? http://operetta-research-center.org/gold-silver-terminology-nothing-camouflaged-anti-semitism/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gold-silver-terminology-nothing-camouflaged-anti-semitism/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:16:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21348 On 27 January, 1945 the Nazi concentration in Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet Army. Memorial speeches all over the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gold-silver-terminology-nothing-camouflaged-anti-semitism/feed/ 1 A Revived Interest In “Heiteres Musiktheater der DDR”? It’s Not Just About Nostalgia http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:08:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21140 Recently, Wolfgang Jansen published a collection of essays dealing with “Popular Music Theater under Socialism,” an aspect of 20th century

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/feed/ 1 Wolfgang Jansen’s New Book About Musicals Vs. Operetta: An Interview With The Author http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-book-musicals-vs-operetta-interview-author/ http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-book-musicals-vs-operetta-interview-author/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2020 17:25:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21036 Wolfgang Jansen has published many books: on the history of revues and revue operettas in the Weimar Republic, on Broadway

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-book-musicals-vs-operetta-interview-author/feed/ 0 “Bretter, die die die Welt bedeuten“: The DDR Musical Returns To Musikalische Komödie Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:32:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20534 Is this the start of something like “reparation” after an endless period of neglect? On 18 September 2020 Bretter, die

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/feed/ 0 The New Online “Musicallexikon”: An Interview with Michael Fischer & Wolfgang Jansen http://operetta-research-center.org/musicallexikon-freiburgs-center-popular-culture-music-interview-michael-fischer-wolfgang-jansen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/musicallexikon-freiburgs-center-popular-culture-music-interview-michael-fischer-wolfgang-jansen/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:24:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20040 The University of Freiburg is home of the “Center for Popular Culture and Music.” They recently started the first online

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/musicallexikon-freiburgs-center-popular-culture-music-interview-michael-fischer-wolfgang-jansen/feed/ 0 Watch Out For The Red Fingernails: Two New “Zigeunerbaron” Productions In Magdeburg And Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/watch-red-fingernails-two-new-zigeunerbaron-productions-magdeburg-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/watch-red-fingernails-two-new-zigeunerbaron-productions-magdeburg-berlin/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2020 10:34:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19983 How do you solve a problem like Zigeunerbaron? Some might ask: is there a problem with this 1885 show? Well,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/watch-red-fingernails-two-new-zigeunerbaron-productions-magdeburg-berlin/feed/ 0 Focus On DDR Operetta: “Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten” At Musikalische Komödie Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-bretter-die-die-welt-bedeuten-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-bretter-die-die-welt-bedeuten-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:56:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19972 Various opera houses in German speaking countries have presented new or adapted programs for their fall season, with productions they

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