Comments on: “Frau Luna” And The Budapester Luft: The Berlin ‘National’ Operetta Vs. The Hungarian National Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-budapester-luft-berlin-national-operetta-vs-budapest-national-operetta/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Silverlining http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-budapester-luft-berlin-national-operetta-vs-budapest-national-operetta/#comment-6631 Tue, 28 May 2019 04:47:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16641#comment-6631 He who pays the piper calls the tune – People shouldn’t sell their soul

Just because someone does not have the qualification does not mean they cannot grow into the role of Director

Time for new blood – ask for help from the old blood

]]> By: Kevin Clarke http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-budapester-luft-berlin-national-operetta-vs-budapest-national-operetta/#comment-6129 Tue, 05 Feb 2019 09:07:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16641#comment-6129 I’m stunned by this report. And wonder whether the emphasis of “not changing the libretti” of national culture operettas in the future was the reason for not extending György Lörinczy’s contract, since most productions from his era had re-written texts as a ‘norm’?

The wording used by the new intendant is frightful if you know the wording the Nazis used to promote ‘Germanic’ culture back in the 1930s and 40s. To see the same vocabulary and arguments come back on 2019 is worrying.

That said, I very much enjoyed many productions at Budapest Operetta Theater under Lörinczy’s leadership (and I was happy to seee that Kero finally left). But perhaps it’s impossible to do anything ‘good’ in a situation like this? Time will tell.

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