http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-von-suppe-biography-french-jose-luis-munoz/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-von-suppe-biography-french-jose-luis-munoz/#comment-6128 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:55:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16628#comment-6128 PS Dr Albert Gier (who is mentioned in the thesis) tells me that Stieger’s Suppeschen worklist contains 183 musicals. With the help of the now available newspaper files, I have increased that to 198! And I’m sure the next generation will turn up more. We are progressing!

]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-von-suppe-biography-french-jose-luis-munoz/#comment-6127 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:11:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16628#comment-6127 Kevin, yes he mentions the coffin-bed in passing. No divas though. Maybe he wasn’t into divas.

]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-von-suppe-biography-french-jose-luis-munoz/#comment-6125 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:42:24 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16628#comment-6125 I wonder if José-Luis Munoz discusses the more “extravagant” aspects of Suppé’s life, e.g. sleeping in a coffin and in a room (at Theater an der Wien) with skull-wallpaper. I also wonder if Suppé ever seduced by operetta divas in that surrounding, or whether he just wanted deadly quiet?

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