Berliner Ensemble: “Dreigroschenoper” As Cellblock Tango Without Fosse
It’s not unusual for Barrie Kosky to stage something outside of Komische Oper, but usually he doesn’t do it in
read moreIt’s not unusual for Barrie Kosky to stage something outside of Komische Oper, but usually he doesn’t do it in
read moreThe 27th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival takes place at Buxton every year, before moving on to Harrogate. International even
read moreIt’s impossible to just write a review about the artistic merits (or non-merits) of the new tutti d*amore production that’s
read moreLast week the Dutch National Opera Academy and Residentie Orkest presented Die Fledermaus in the Compagnietheater for four sold out
read moreThe new intendant of the “Festspiele im Schlossgarten” in Neustrelitz – one and a half hours north of Berlin –
read moreThe Hungarian “Monarchia Operett” (Monarchy Operetta Company [1]), under the artistic direction of dance comedian and costume designer Péter Erik
read moreDie in der Schweiz glücklicherweise immer noch zahlreichen Amateur-Theatertrupen leisten gerade bei der Operettenpflege Beachtliches. Die „Bühne Burgäschi“ hatte zuletzt
read moreExpress G&S was conceived during lockdown, and is the well nigh perfect post-lockdown entertainment, especially for Gilbert & Sullivan aficionados,
read morePolitiksatiren können ganz wunderbar als Musical oder Operette funktionieren, wie nicht nur Jacques Offenbach im 19. Jahrhundert immer wieder gezeigt
read moreWith a delay of almost five months, the new production of Johann Strauss’ Der “Zigeuner“baron [sic] finally premiered at Komische
read moreOn 24 August 1932 the newspaper Berliner Börsen-Courier reported that “this morning the well known revue poet Marcellus Schiffer was
read moreDie Fledermaus Zuhaus (The Bat At Home) is an abridged version of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus developed during the various
read moreOne of the things that irritates me about Richard Traubner’s book Operetta: A Theatrical History is the way he dismisses
read moreGypsy Rose Lee has climbed the laddered stocking of the stripper world, tassel by tassel, and mounted a new summit
read moreThe Zurich Opera presented its new Csardasfürstin on Friday, after a long Corona delay. As compensation for the waiting, the
read moreIs this the start of something like “reparation” after an endless period of neglect? On 18 September 2020 Bretter, die
read moreIn the United Kingdom restrictions on ‘live’ performance, owing to Covid-19, were lifted with regard to outdoor theatre at the
read moreI had really been looking forward to seeing the new production of Der Zigeunerbaron in Vienna because I had enjoyed
read moreAlyce Mott’s enterprising company Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! dedicated to all things Victor Herbert risked alienating the operetta regulars
read moreIt’s a daring and adventurous undertaking: while everyone else is busy with “The (New) Twenties” these days, Komische Oper Berlin
read moreIf expectations are exceptionally high for a Paul Abraham operetta at Komische Oper Berlin that’s because, in the past, the
read moreStephen Sondheim’s Follies is the Mt. Everest of US-American musical theatre, his most searching and self-reflexive study of the genre
read moreBundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin celebrated its 40th anniversary this year with a musical/chanson themed contest. The gala concert of the finalists
read moreAmélie is a charming, whimsical, musical, based on a 2001 French Film, which was originally (2015) staged in California, and
read moreArtistic Director Ted Sperling conducted a splendid concert reading of George and Ira Gershwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1933 musical Of Thee
read moreWhen Victor Herbert’s musical comedy The Debutante premiered in New York in 1914, it had the misfortune to occur the
read moreNew York’s longest running professional Gilbert & Sullivan company returned to the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (near Lexington Avenue)
read moreMary Poppins is an unashamedly old-fashioned “feel-good musical,” at times very pantomimic in style, at times almost a “nostalgic operetta”
read moreThey are certainly five magnificent cowboys, but with a twist. The fact that they dance an Offenbach pas de deux
read moreA scratchy, smoky voice with a Scottish accent, and a piano: Christine Bovill’s latest show at Bar jeder Vernunft
read moreWilton’s Music Hall is “the most important surviving early music hall to be seen anywhere” (says the Theatres Trust) and
read moreFans of musical theater and operetta will not find a richer, more concentrated banquet of their favorite entertainment than that
read moreShowboats gave the theatre-starved people along the Mississippi from the 1880s into the 1920s what they most wanted: melodrama and
read moreWith the BBC Proms totally ignoring Offenbach’s bicentenary, it has been left to London’s music colleges, small scale opera companies
read moreWhen I was about eight years old I have vivid memories of my mother doing the housework, continually singing “Oh,
read moreImagine sitting under the stars in a beautiful German Schlossgarten, totally relaxed, watching a hugely enjoyable operetta by Emmerich Kálmán
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