http://operetta-research-center.org/kern-wodehouse-bolton-musical-heart-1917/ 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/kern-wodehouse-bolton-musical-heart-1917/#comment-9417 Mon, 31 May 2021 11:19:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12717#comment-9417 I do love the early musical comedies by Jerome Kern and here the Ohio Light Opera Company offers a very nice performance. It’s how the musical theatre should always live and live again – with respect to the original form. I simply confess that I do, do, do detest operettas or musicals when they lose their original orchestrations: an example? some years ago I bought the cd with the Broadway revival Broadway of BELLS ARE RINGING – disgusting, poor, forgettable. I have however appreciated- VERY MUCH – the dvd of SHOW BOAT from the San Francisco Opera House, where the name of the orchestrator is show on its cover. . Per fortuna, Lehar faceva tutto da sé: In Italia ci sono compagnie che rappresentano operette italiane rifatte a avvilenti rappresentazioni da varietà di cattivo gusto. IL PAESE DEI CAMPANELLI è sovente massacrato. Ahimè, è così. Menomale che il famoso direttore Fabio Luisi ne offrì una buona esecuzione da una stazione televisiva tedesca con un impareggiabile coro. Ranzato gave the chorus much to sing and here Maestro Luisi has made the chorus work the best possible way.

]]>