Ohio Light Opera: The 2024 Saison in Wooster
In the decade or so that I’ve been attending Ohio Light Opera’s summer season of operettas and musicals, I continue
read moreIn the decade or so that I’ve been attending Ohio Light Opera’s summer season of operettas and musicals, I continue
read moreThe out-door operetta festival in the castle gardens of Neustrelitz – an hour north of Berlin – is offering Oscar
read moreGilbert and Sullivan’s ‘comic opera’ The Sorcerer is a comparatively early work, coming between Trial By Jury and HMS Pinafore and
read moreIt’s the third attempt in Berlin to breathe new life into the forgotten sub-genre “Heiteres Musiktheater der DDR”, i.e. musicals
read moreDie Werke von Robert Stolz stehen derzeit nicht gerade hoch im Kurs. Manche zitieren Richard Strauss‘ Dictum, er sei ein
read moreIrgendwie stehen die in Amerika entstandenen Werke emigrierter Komponisten (ob Korngold, Weill oder Kálmán etc.) in unseren Landen immer noch
read moreIn der Neuen Nationalgalerie in Berlin ist derzeit die Ausstellung Josephine Baker. Icon in Motion zu sehen. Sie beschäftigt sich
read moreI approached this resurrection of The Little Orchestra Society’s 1990s-era Babes in Toyland with some trepidation. Admirable champion of Herbert’s work
read moreZu Beginn seiner Amtszeit hatte der neue Intendant des Musiktheaters an der Wien, Stefan Herheim, programmatisch verkündet, dass er jedes
read moreZu ihrem 125-jährigen Jubiläum leistete sich die Wiener Volksoper eine Haupt- und Staatsaktion-Premiere mit dem etwas umständlichen Titel Lass uns
read moreVon den vielen tragischen Schicksalen jüdischer Operettenkomponisten (verfolgt, vertrieben, ermordet, selbst wenn sie im Exil überlebt haben, bei der Rückkehr
read moreAt the Theater Osnabrück a new production of Im weißen Rössl is currently playing, a staging by Tobias Bonn of
read moreIn 1878 The Chimes of Normandy became the ‘hit’ musical show in London, running for over 700 performances, which was
read moreThe last time this wonderful operetta by Charles Lecocq was performed in Paris was in 1984, at the Châtelet. I
read moreAt the small Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Zittau (close to the Czech and Polish border in Eastern Germany) you can
read moreFor the first time in four years, Ohio Light Opera has returned for a full indoor season of shows (though
read moreIt’s only May, but I’m betting dollars to donuts that this starry production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s seventh comic opera
read more“You’re about to see a flop,” VHRP Artistic Director Alyce Mott impishly teased the packed house a few moments before
read moreIch werde diese Szene nie vergessen. Als sich während eines der Zwischenlockdowns mein Elektriker endlich wieder in meine Wohnung wagte,
read moreKálmáns Gräfin Mariza ist (neben der Csardasfürstin) eine seiner perfektesten, beliebtesten und daher zu Recht jahrein jahraus, landauf landab, im
read moreWhen Linie 1 premiered in West-Berlin back in 1986, three years before the wall came down and East and West
read moreThis is VHRP Artistic Director Alyce Mott’s fourth go-round with Victor Herbert’s popular musical comedy – originally a vehicle for
read moreOperettenfreunde in Österreich haben derzeit einen schweren Stand. Im sogenannten „Mekka der Operette“ in Mörbisch wird, seit Altbeau Alfons Haider
read moreWien war einst Jacques Offenbachs „zweites Paris“. 89 seiner Werke wurden hier aufgeführt, einige davon sogar uraufgeführt. Diese Tradition (ja
read moreAfter a long Corona delay this Fledermaus adaptation by Stefan Huber and Kai Tietje has finally landed in Berlin and
read moreThis updated version of the classic Kálmán operetta premiered on 25 November in Norwegian with English subtitles. “Nothing is lost,
read moreNew Sussex Opera is a self-funding organisation in the south-east of England that specialises in performing rarely heard operas and
read moreIt’s a new dawn in Leipzig. The opera company has a new director, Tobias Wolff, who opened his first season
read moreThe 1926 Kálmán hit Die Zirkusprinzessin – with a libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald and the memorable song
read moreForever branded as Gilbert and Sullivan’s “serious” comic opera, The Yeomen of the Guard is in fact a skilful blend
read moreCharles Court Opera has been described as one of the leading and most versatile chamber music theatre companies in the
read moreLet’s start with the positive side of this: Musikalische Komödie has put forgotten composer Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) back on stage
read moreThe ever-enterprising Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! concluded its shortened season with one of Herbert’s most popular titles, the 1905
read moreThe story of the six-member close harmony group known as Comedian Harmonists – the toast of Germany and elsewhere in
read moreFor a work that, for all its cherishable qualities, can hardly be said to rate as one of Victor Herbert’s
read moreAt Theater Dortmund a new version of Die lustige Witwe presents the Lehár show as “a revue operetta” with a
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