Operetta Research Center http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:24:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Can “Boccaccio” Still Shock? Bad Ischl Says No http://operetta-research-center.org/can-boccaccio-still-shock-bad-ischl-says/ http://operetta-research-center.org/can-boccaccio-still-shock-bad-ischl-says/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:17:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25871 The 2026 edition of the Lehár Festival turns its attention to medieval Florence, opening on 11 July 2026 with Franz

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/can-boccaccio-still-shock-bad-ischl-says/feed/ 0 A Passion for Zarzuela: Christof Loy’s Musical Tribute to Pilar Lorengar http://operetta-research-center.org/passion-zarzuela-christof-loys-musical-tribute-pilar-lorengar/ http://operetta-research-center.org/passion-zarzuela-christof-loys-musical-tribute-pilar-lorengar/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:11:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25861 The Deutsche Oper Berlin concluded its 2025/26 season with a rare celebration of the zarzuela, presenting the Gran Gala de

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/passion-zarzuela-christof-loys-musical-tribute-pilar-lorengar/feed/ 0 Beyond Castanet Kitsch: “Gran Gala de Zarzuela” at Deutsche Oper Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/christof-loy-beyond-castanet-kitsch-gran-gala-de-zarzuela-deutsche-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/christof-loy-beyond-castanet-kitsch-gran-gala-de-zarzuela-deutsche-oper-berlin/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:14:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25844 Director Christof Loy brings his company Los Paladines to Deutsche Oper Berlin to present zarzuela—the Spanish sister of operetta—in a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/christof-loy-beyond-castanet-kitsch-gran-gala-de-zarzuela-deutsche-oper-berlin/feed/ 0 “A Life on the Ocean Wave”: The Story of Henry Russell Revisted http://operetta-research-center.org/life-ocean-wave-story-henry-russell-revisted/ http://operetta-research-center.org/life-ocean-wave-story-henry-russell-revisted/#comments Sat, 02 May 2026 19:43:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25839 In 2007, English writer, music historian, lecturer, and broadcaster Andrew Lamb self-published a fascinating biography of the “entertainer” Henry Russell

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/life-ocean-wave-story-henry-russell-revisted/feed/ 0 Smartphones, Sequins and Kálmán: “Die Csárdásfürstin” in Neustrelitz http://operetta-research-center.org/smartphones-sequins-kalman-die-csardasfurstin-neustrelitz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/smartphones-sequins-kalman-die-csardasfurstin-neustrelitz/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:45:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25850 On the first page of the programme booklet, the mayor of the residential town of Neustrelitz describes the Operetta Festival

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/smartphones-sequins-kalman-die-csardasfurstin-neustrelitz/feed/ 0 “Hopsa” – Paul Burkhard’s Breakthrough and the Birth of the Swiss Musical http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/ http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25833 The Bühne Burgäschi has announced a new production of Hopsa for summer 2026, bringing renewed attention to the work with

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/feed/ 0 Helmut G. Asper’s “Music in the Air: The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile” http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/ http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:02:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25828 In the introduction to his new book “Music in the Air”. The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile 1933–1950, Helmut

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/feed/ 0 Pure Viagra: Pablo Luna’s “Benamor” Triumphs at Theater an der Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/ http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:42:04 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25818 Like Berlin, Madrid in the Golden Twenties was a hotspot of nightlife and a queer mecca. On the evening of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/feed/ 1 “Frau Luna” Returns as a Glittering Utopia http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/ http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:26:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25811 When this production of Paul Lincke’s classic Frau Luna opened in Berlin ten years ago, it was one among many

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/feed/ 0 A Family Reunion: “Mein Freund Bunbury” in Annaberg-Buchholz http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:27:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25806 The revival cycle of DDR operettas continues. After the Komische Oper Berlin recently cancelled its planned production of Gerd Natschinski’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/feed/ 0 The Return of “Ennobled” Operetta: Lehár, Thielemann, and an Unlearned Lesson http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/ http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:01:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25792 Berlin was—and in many ways still is—a center of operetta innovation. A reminder: in the 1920s, crucial impulses for renewing

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/feed/ 0 Giorgio Madia: “Entertainment, that’s an insult!” http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:26:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25770 Stage director and choreographer Giorgio Madia discusses operetta then and now, with a special focus on the Mörbisch festival years

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