A Black “Merry Widow of Malagawi”: Re-Imagining A Classic
Another Merry Widow? Yeah, we hear you. (And you’re right.) It’s probably the most over-produced operetta in operetta history, together
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A New Musical Director For Leipzig: Stefan Klingele
There’s movement and an overdue sense of innovation at the Musikalische Komödie in Leipzig: the second remaining operetta theater left
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“Don’t Be A Music Snob About Operettas”: Advise From Gardening Guru Alan Titchmarsh
If you’re British, you undoubtedly will have heard of Alan Titchmarsh, the man who went from gardener to Classical FM
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“I Want To Be A Primadonna”: Christoph Marti Turns 50 Today
It’s a ultra-pink birthday today, and a reason for the operetta world to celebrate one of its greatest divas of
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“Frühjahrsparade”: The Robert Stolz Operetta At Wilfersdorf Castle
Robert Stolz was a superb operetta conductor, as is documented by many recordings made in the famous Rudolf Schock/Margit Schramm
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“Orphee Aux Enfers” At Iford Festival: An Enjoyable Romp
The UK based company Opera della Luna has just presented their version of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld at the
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“La Vie Parisienne” in Tilburg at MIDI
This week-end, Dutch operetta fans can see a brand new student production of La Vie Parisienne at the Fontys Conservatory.
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Gay Pride Season 2015 or: Uniformed Men On The Operetta Stage
There is a special connection between police forces – and operetta! Whether it is Offenbach’s Les Brigands or Genevieve de
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Frédéric Barbier’s “La Baronne de Haut-Castel” In Halle
In Halle you can see the first German production Frédéric Barbier’s operetta Die kleine Baronesse (La Baronne de Haut-Castel) on
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“In Frisco ist der Teufel los”: Two Concert Performances In Leipzig
It’s a topic that’s in the air right now, at least in Germany: remembering the situation in former East Germany
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The “Europäische Stiftung Operette” Is Back With A Vengeance
The headline in the email to the local press certainly caught our attention: “Europäische Stiftung Operette (ESO) präsentiert Berliner Operette
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The “Sommer Arena” Is About To Open
It’s summertime, and of course that means that the out-door operetta season is taking off in Europe. One of the
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Golden Schikaneder Statues: The Third Annual Austrian Music Awards
Obviously, the whole world watches the Tony Awards and what’s happening on Broadway – which excludes operetta. (Even if The
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Concerts at the Musikalische Komödie: “In Frisco ist der Teufel los”
As a grand finale to the festival week 1000 Years Leipzig and the local street festival, the soloist, ballet and
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Lost “My Fair Lady” Songs Rediscovered And Performed
Obviously, My Fair Lady is one of the greatest “modern” operettas ever. Almost everyone knows the score and the hit
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“Zehn Mädchen und kein Mann”: Early Franz von Suppé In Hannover
The girls are at it, again. Yes, the students of the Hannover Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien are tackling
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“Trip To Africa”: Reconstructing A Forgotten Classic
Within the next couple of years A Trip To Africa (Die Afrikareise), widely considered to be Franz von Suppe’s best
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A Day Of Liberation? The 8th of May 1945 In Operetta History
The 8th of May, 1945 was a sunny Tuesday in the Third Reich. It was the day General Hans-Georg von
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The Master Imposter Returns: “Cagliostro in Wien” In Dresden
Cagliostro in Wien … Doesn’t ring a bell? It’s the 1875 operetta Johann Strauss Jr. wrote together with Richard Genée
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Remembering Concentration Camp Buchenwald
Today, 70 years ago, the concentration camp Buchenwald was liberated on April 12. From an operetta perspective this particular camp
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“Im Weißen Rössl” Re-Examined: A Conference In St. Wolfgang
Yes, there is more: more White Horse Inn. (Hooray!) The Paris-Lodron Univeristy Salzburg, together with the Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck, is
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Mission Impossible? Teaching Teenagers To Love Operetta
The motto of the project was “Oper sucht Klasse!“, but it was actually all about getting teenagers to sing operetta:
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“The Gypsy Princess”: Memorial Stamp 1915/2015
The Hungarian postal service, Magyar Posta, is marking the centenary of the première of Csardasfürstin (1915) by issuing a commemorative
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New Season At Ohio Light Opera: What Will Be Re-Discovered In 2015?
The Ohio Light Opera has announced its 2015 season. After all the razzle-dazzle last year and the many rediscovered goodies
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“Me And My Little Brother”: A Gender-Bending Operetta By Mihály Eisemann From 1934
Admittedly, you would not necessarily expect a “queer” operetta in Viktor Orban’s Hungary. But that’s exactly what you get in
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Rediscovering Mischa Spoliansky – In Berlin And Weimar
There is Spoliansky in the air, it seems. And it is certainly high time that this unique composer is rediscovered.
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Tanz-Signale 2015: Conference About Gender Topics, Sex Addiction And Victor Léon
There was a whiff of fresh air in the room at the Tanz-Signale 2015. The Wiener Institut für Strauss-Forschung had
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Eyes Wide Open: A New Generation of Operetta Superstars?
“I had a dream” – and, yes, it was “a beautiful dream”; right in the middle of a performance of
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“Suddenly Last Summer”: A Re-Encounter With Marika Oszwald & Zsuzsa Kalocsai
No, it is not a Tennessee Williams play turned into an operetta. Instead, A Summer Long Ago (A régi nyár)
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Orgasmic Operettas: The New Season At The Komische Oper Berlin
There is something slightly orgasmic about the news from the Komische Oper Berlin. The house announced the titles for their
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“La Rondine”: Does The Operetta Revolution In Berlin Continue With Puccini?
Are we entering the second phase of the operetta revolution in Berlin? After the Komische Oper re-discovered the genre and
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Simone Riksman: “There Is More To Soubrette Roles Than Nudity And Sex-Appeal!”
Young and smart soprano Simone Riksman made quite a stir in the new production of Kálmán’s Gräfin Mariza in St.
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Reconstructing Suppé’s “Die Afrikareise” In The UK
It is a grand title, for sure: The Imperial Vienna Orchestra! Yes, wow. It is as “Kakanian” as you can
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Carl Zeller’s “Der Vagabund” Revived For First Time In 100 Years
While the rediscovery of 1920s jazz operettas is in full swing elsewhere, the Austrians are giving us a re-encounter with
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A Great Loss: Charles Kálmán Dies Aged 85
It is with great sadness that we, at the Operetta Research Center, have to report the death of Charles Kálmán.
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“Porn – The Musical.” Or Will It Be An Operetta After All?
The German actor Florian Klein became famous in Hollywood as porn star “Hans Berlin.” After years in the Adult Industry
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