Comments on: An Historically Rich “Duchess of Chicago” in Budapest http://operetta-research-center.org/historically-rich-duchess-chicago-budapest/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: kevin http://operetta-research-center.org/historically-rich-duchess-chicago-budapest/#comment-2059 Sat, 28 May 2016 08:38:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9807#comment-2059 These are not antisemtic overtones; instead the Jewish creators (Alfred Grünwald, Julius Brammer and Emmerich Kalman) used the antisemitic catch phrases in circulation in 1928 and self-ironically turned them upside down. Some people have claimed that this is a typical form of Jewish humor. The tricky question is: how do you perform this today, as a non-Jewish ensemble?

]]> By: VyachGreen http://operetta-research-center.org/historically-rich-duchess-chicago-budapest/#comment-2043 Tue, 24 May 2016 22:00:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9807#comment-2043 Very good performance and well written review.
It is very sad that the libretto has clear antisemitic overtones. and this is in Kalman’s operetta…in Europe…in Hungary…in Budapest…today.
No, do not rush to see this production, unless you are…

Dr.V.Green.

]]> By: Yvonne Kalman http://operetta-research-center.org/historically-rich-duchess-chicago-budapest/#comment-1984 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:42:23 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9807#comment-1984 What a great in depth review. I so agree it is a fabulous show that just keeps giving. My heartfelt thanks go to Richard Bonynge who discovered the Duchess and conducted a 2 disc album for Decca. That brought it to life the first time followed by many versions.
This staged, and how it is staged, version is my favorite to date. I love it and am blown away by the music, the talent, the choreography and so very grateful to the wonderful BOT!
It has been quite a challenge, but you mastered it, and I am happy to say it will be repeated many times next season as well.
Don’t miss it! I am trying to figure out how i can attend all of them myself!!!

]]> By: The second of two reviews of Kálmán’s “Duchess” talks about what a fascinating record of sociological and musical transformations were going on in the 1920s. | An East-West Arts Life http://operetta-research-center.org/historically-rich-duchess-chicago-budapest/#comment-1980 Tue, 10 May 2016 18:37:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9807#comment-1980 […] An historically rich “Duchess of Chicago” in Budapest […]

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