Volker Klotz: 20. Dezember 1930 – 31. Mai 2023
Volker Klotz, der vor knapp vier Monaten im hohen Alter von 92 Jahren verstarb, war ein außergewöhnlich produktiver und dabei
read moreVolker Klotz, der vor knapp vier Monaten im hohen Alter von 92 Jahren verstarb, war ein außergewöhnlich produktiver und dabei
read moreIn the past, Barrie Kosky has shunned the works of Franz Lehár. His operetta focus has been on works by
read moreWhile the world is still waiting for a full-scale bio pic about the life of Fritzi Massary (1882-1969), the Theater
read moreIn March 2023 there’s a three-day conference in Prague devoted to the question of “Czech Operetta and Its Transnational Context”.
read moreThere are no real operetta divas around anymore. Or are there? It seems that nowadays most sopranos singing the once-famous
read moreTo give credit where it‘s due: ever since the label cpo released Joseph Beer’s 1937 operetta Polnische Hochzeit – which
read moreWhen the Komische Oper opened its doors on 23 December 1947 – in the Soviet controlled section of Berlin –
read moreThe theater in Görlitz had planned to bring back the 1978 DDR musical Prinz von Preußen by Dieter Brand and
read moreYes, there is a Belgian tour of Franz von Suppé’s Mozart. And, yes, that’s the same show that was recently
read moreWhile many people know Viennese and French operetta, even Spanish Zarzuela and a few Italian titles, Greek operetta is not
read moreLeipzig Opera has begun the exciting countdown to the first new productions under its new General Director, Tobias Wolff, and
read moreA modern-day operetta about two gay men and their relationship troubles manages to draw in crowds: Operette für zwei schwule
read moreThe British record label Opera Rara returns to the works of Jacques Offenbach – for the first time since they
read moreQuo vadis, Komische Oper? That’s what many have been wondering. How will the new artistic directors continue the now world-famous
read moreSo, now we know what Lotte de Beer as the new artistic director of the Volksoper in Vienna had up
read moreIf not even a month ago the Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo invited us to take a magical journey to the
read moreMany people have wondered what Barrie Kosky will do next in terms of popular musical theater at Komische Oper, once
read moreWhile German or Austrian theatres regularly programme classic Broadway musicals, Spain’s lyric theatres only rarely enter this attractive universe, though
read moreThis isn’t an obituary. No facts. I never met Dave, though we have been in touch for half a century.
read moreThe Operette für zwei schwule Tenöre by composer Florian Ludewig and text author Johannes Kram is back in Berlin for
read moreSo, now it’s official: James Gaffigan will be the new music director of Komische Oper Berlin. The 43 year old
read moreNo, the Marzahn district in East-Berlin is probably not what first comes to mind when thinking of operetta. But: on
read moreThe premiere of the new production of Lehár’s last operetta Giuditta is coming up at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. It’s
read moreAfter a very (very!) long wait, Barrie Kosky’s vision of Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers has finally arrived at Berlin’s Komische
read moreIn the latest newsletter of the Jacques Offenbach Society (No. 98), there is a reprint of the full Meilhac &
read moreSo, the success story continues: the recently rediscovered “vaudeville operetta” Roxy und ihr Wunderteam by Paul Abraham will come to
read moreIt’s the end of an era. For ten years Barrie Kosky made it his mission to revive forgotten Weimar Republic
read moreThe students of Leipzig’s Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschule had planned to put on Offenbach’sUn Mari à la Porte / Ein
read moreLeonard Bernstein’s one-and-only operetta Candide is slated to premiere at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest on Friday, 24 September. It
read moreI was surprised, and delighted, to hear that the Staatsoperette Dresden are to give an all-“Britisch” concert, taking in a
read morePianist and musical director Adam Benzwi was slated to premiere “his” Dreigroschenoper interpretation – in collaboration with stage director Barrie
read moreThe BKA Theater (Berliner Kabarett Anstalt) just announced that “the world’s first queer operetta” will premiere on 6 October, 2021,
read moreUsing the famous line “Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau,” the artistic director of Staatsoperette Dresden, Kathrin Kondaurow, has presented her
read moreThere’s interesting news from Leipzig, where the Musikalische Komödie has just announced what they’ll be doing in the 2021/22 season.
read moreThe “tuttis” are at their exercise again, you might say. The Berlin Collective for Contemporary Operetta is presenting their queer-feminist
read moreIt was originally planned for May 2021, but didn’t happen because of you-know-what. However, Theater für Niedersachen (TfN) didn’t give
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