“West Side Story” Comparing Interpretations On Deutschlandradio Kultur
Most people will probably ask: what does West Side Story have to do with operetta? Isn’t it anything but an
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“A Little Night Music” In Bielefeld: Starring Tobias Licht And Johanna Spantzel
There are those who consider Sondheim’s A Little Night Music the greatest of all modern operettas. And in a way,
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“Bouffe”: A New Theater Piece About Offenbach And Hortense Schneider At The Brighton Fringe Festival
We could not agree more with this statement of Red Blonde Productions and West Sussex Opera: “What Cabaret was to
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Zsolt Vadász: “Land des Lächelns” in St. Petersburg And Tassilo In Munich
Every country, and every generation for that matter, has its “no. 1” tenor. In Germany, back in the 1920s and
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“Südseetulpen”: An Operetta World-Premier In Chemnitz
Does the world really need a new operetta written today, in our post-operetta times? If the answer is something as
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“Staat macht lustig? Zeitgenössische Operette im sozialistischen Rumänien und der DDR”
On Monday, 9 May, Deutschlandradio Kultur will broadcast a 50-minute feature about operetta on socialist countries such as the DDR
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“Gräfin Mariza” At The Deutsches Theater Munich
Fans of 1920′s jazz operettas don’t usually consider Kálmán’s Gräfin Mariza a modern syncopated show. Instead, they put this international
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Victor Herbert’s “Serenade” (1897) Returns To New York
Victor Herbert’s wildly popular 1897 comic operetta, The Serenade, forever changed the landscape of musical theater in America and abroad!
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“Frau Luna”: Casting Call For Twinkling XXL-Stars In Berlin
You will recall that the Tipi-Zelt-am-Kanzleramt in Berlin is preparing a new fully commercial production of Paul Linckes operetta Frau
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Operetta In Cottbus: “Blaubart” and “Wirtshaus im Spessart”
One does not need much prompting to travel to Cottbus: the small town south-east of Berlin has one of the
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Andreas Homoki Will Stage “Das Land des Lächelns” With Piotr Beczala In Zurich
What the Opera House Zurich and the Komische Oper Berlin have in common are their architects: both were built by
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Hungarian Operetta In New Delhi. Or: Kálmán Conquers India
Off to new frontiers: that has always been a guiding principle for operetta. In this case, Hungarian operetta, or more
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Oscar Straus’ “Perlen der Cleopatra” & Kálmán’s “Marinka” Next Season
Now it’s official: the Komische Oper Berlin has announced that next season the world will have a close encounter of
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Jessel’s “Schwarzwaldmädel” At Hamburg’s Engelsaal
Leon Jessel’s 1917 operetta Das Schwarzwaldmädel was one of the great WW1 hits coming from Berlin, because it transported war-weary
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Charles Kalman’s Widow Ruth Dead At 87
It seems almost only yesterday that Charles Kalman died, and had his memorable musical funeral in Munich. Now, his wife
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt Dead: What’s His Operetta Legacy?
For many people in the classical music world, the name of Nikolaus Harnoncourt is almost sacred. The conductor who died
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Victor Herbert’s “The Fortune Teller” Back In New York
This season, the Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! is focusing on “humor” and celebrating that aspect in the works on
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“Frau Luna” At The Tipi Am Kanzleramt
There are news, and there are NEWS. This certainly qualifies for the latter category, in capital letters: Berlin’s private theater
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Happy Birthday, Barrie Kosky And Kurt Gänzl!
Astrologically speaking, we’re still living under an Aquarian moon. And this week, we are celebrating the birthdays of two of
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“Die Lustige Witwe und ihre Freundinnen”: An Operetta Evening In Berlin
If poster images – or mood photos attached to an official press release – are any indication of what’s to
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Strike Up The Band: “A Trip To Africa” By Franz von Suppé
Dario Salvi has reconstructed Franz von Suppe’s operetta Die Afrikareise (A Trip to Africa) in a ground breaking project with
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An Offenbach Festival in Berlin: Four Shows in Seven Days
So this time round it is going to be: Offenbach. The Komische Oper is dedicating its 2016 operetta festival in
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“Mozart In The Jungle”: Roger Neill Also Composed “The Beastly Bombing”
You probably read that the Amazon Original Series Mozart in the Jungle won at the Golden Globes in the “Best
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Deutscher Operettenpreis für junge Dirigenten geht an Dominic Limburg
Zum 8. Mal zeichneten Deutscher Musikrat und Oper Leipzig einen jungen Dirigenten für seine Leistung im Operettenfach aus. Beim Abschlusskonzert
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“Looking for orchids in a corn field”: Nadine Secunde Talks About The Changing Art of Operetta Singing
American soprano Nadine Secunde is probably not someone you’d immediately associate with operetta or musical comedy, or light(er) music in
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Putting Operetta Back On The A-List: The Top 5 Productions 2015
Berlin’s ultra-hip and queer urban magazine Siegessäule has published a hot list of the top 5 films and stage productions
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Baltimore Ravens Singing Star-Kicker: Justin Tucker
Why not have something visually refreshing this week-end? The classical music blog “Barihunks” reported today, that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin
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Kálmán As Premature Ejaculation? “Die Zirkusprinzessin” In Berlin
Yes, it comes as a bit of a surprise to hear Yvonne Kálmán – of all people – say about
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Operetta Stars Make Berlin’s New “My Fair Lady” Sparkle
Should anyone be surprised? The new production of My Fair Lady at the Komische Oper Berlin is sold out to
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“Csardasfürstin” Conquers Oman And Qatar
In a very bitter twist of irony, it happened at the exact same moment when Islamic terrorists struck in Paris,
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A New Generation of (Yummy?) Operetta Singers
The students of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy,“ in Leipzig, will present their version and vision
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Conductor Florian Ziemen Discusses The Joys Of (Oversexed) Jazz-Operettas
Ever since conductor Florian Ziemen came to Gießen, the opera house there has presented some unusual operetta rediscovery projects: Gustav
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Angeline And Her Tattooed Man: Victor Herbert’s ‘Funny’ Songs
You might say: wow, the Americans are catching on! Or differently put, the announcement of the latest concert by the
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Broadway Does Operetta. Or: From Dallas To Philadelphia
The folks in Philadelphia are at it again this weekend. They will be presenting a concert called Broadway Does Operetta,
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The Show Of The Moment: “Wiener Blut” In Leipzig
It seems that Wiener Blut is quite the show-of-the-moment. The 1899 operetta is featured in the new publication of the
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Danilo In Dachau: The Man Who Battled Heesters Dies Age 81
Many younger people in Germany might not know Volker Kühn – and many people in the English speaking world have
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