The White Horse Rides Again: Jimmy Berg’s “Rössl” 1940s Adaptations
Das Weiße Rössl am Central Park – eine österreichische Kultoperette im New York der 40er Jahre? 1941 und 1947 war
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“Viktoria und ihr Husar” aus Mörbisch 2016 mit Dagmar Schellenberger
Die erste moderne Ábrahám-Aufnahme auf Basis einer rekonstruierten Originalpartitur von Hagedorn & Grimminger: mit einer elegischen Dagmar Schellenberger in der
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Josef E. Köpplinger’s New Version of “Viktoria und ihr Husar” In Munich
What is arguably Paul Abraham’s musically strongest operetta, Viktoria und ihr Husar (1930), has been given a new production by
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„Ich reiß mir eine Wimper aus und stech’ dich damit tot!“ Die Entnazifizierung der NS-Operette zwischen 1945 und 2015
Nach der sogenannten „Stunde Null“ am 8. Mai 1945 hatten die Menschen in Deutschland mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit andere Sorgen, als sich
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“She Loves Me”: Miklos Laszlo’s Hungarian Play As A Modern Broadway-Operetta?
Many great operetta things come from Hungary; and you might add, many great musical comedy things too. Emmerich Kalman wanted
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Talking With “Schwarzwaldmädel” Star Philip Lüsebrink
German tenor Philip Lüsebrink studied at Hamburg’s Johannes Brahms Conservatory; and built quite a career for himself singing and directing
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Nico Dostal’s “Prinzessin Nofretete” New In Leipzig
The Oper Leipzig annouced its new season this week, including the program for the associated Musikalische Komödie. There is a
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt Dead: What’s His Operetta Legacy?
For many people in the classical music world, the name of Nikolaus Harnoncourt is almost sacred. The conductor who died
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“Frau Luna” At The Tipi Am Kanzleramt
There are news, and there are NEWS. This certainly qualifies for the latter category, in capital letters: Berlin’s private theater
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Clouds of Rain: Nigel Shore’s New Album
Yes, you are right: there are not that many operettas set in South America. Okay, there is Moïse Simons‘ stunning
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“Die Lustige Witwe und ihre Freundinnen”: An Operetta Evening In Berlin
If poster images – or mood photos attached to an official press release – are any indication of what’s to
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1923 Yiddish Operetta Astounds New York City Audience
An unlikely current hit, the 1923 Yiddish musical Di goldene Kale (“The Golden Bride”) by Joseph Rumshinsky, emerged after years
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Operette in Wien in den Jahren 1938 bis 1944: Eine Bestandsaufnahme
Am 12. März 1938 nachmittags hatten sich in der Wohnung des Dramaturgen und Regisseurs Kurt Hellmer in Naschmarktnähe ein paar
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Baltimore Ravens Singing Star-Kicker: Justin Tucker
Why not have something visually refreshing this week-end? The classical music blog “Barihunks” reported today, that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin
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Kálmán As Premature Ejaculation? “Die Zirkusprinzessin” In Berlin
Yes, it comes as a bit of a surprise to hear Yvonne Kálmán – of all people – say about
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Operetta Stars Make Berlin’s New “My Fair Lady” Sparkle
Should anyone be surprised? The new production of My Fair Lady at the Komische Oper Berlin is sold out to
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Conductor Florian Ziemen Discusses The Joys Of (Oversexed) Jazz-Operettas
Ever since conductor Florian Ziemen came to Gießen, the opera house there has presented some unusual operetta rediscovery projects: Gustav
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Race And Operetta: The Next Frontier?
It is often interesting to compare how researchers in different parts of the Western world look at art forms in
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“Viktoria und ihr Husar” Coming Up in Altenburg
Is it just my imagination, or is there a noticeable increase in Abraham productions lately? While the Komische Oper Berlin
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“The Riviera Girl”: Kálmán on Broadway 1917
Emmerich Kálmán’s Csardasfürstin opened on Broadway, at the New Amsterdam Theater, on 24 September 1917 under the new American title
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Coming Up On Broadway: “Dames At Sea” And Other Delights
With the regular theater season in Europe re-opening with some funky returning operetta productions, e.g. at the Komische Oper Berlin
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“Viktoria und ihr Husar”: Mörbisch’s 2016 Festival Program
The operetta festival of Mörbisch, in Austria, had already announced its title for 2016: Paul Abraham’s Viktoria und ihr Husar,
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A Live-Stage “Show Boat” On DVD: For The First Time?
When the San Francisco Opera puts on a show like Show Boat it raises expectations. The company has a chorus
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“Don’t Be A Music Snob About Operettas”: Advise From Gardening Guru Alan Titchmarsh
If you’re British, you undoubtedly will have heard of Alan Titchmarsh, the man who went from gardener to Classical FM
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“I Want To Be A Primadonna”: Christoph Marti Turns 50 Today
It’s a ultra-pink birthday today, and a reason for the operetta world to celebrate one of its greatest divas of
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Rare First Editions of Offenbach & Co.
Getting hold of scores – for operettas – has always been a challenge. Admittedly, the situation has become a lot
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The “Europäische Stiftung Operette” Is Back With A Vengeance
The headline in the email to the local press certainly caught our attention: “Europäische Stiftung Operette (ESO) präsentiert Berliner Operette
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Golden Schikaneder Statues: The Third Annual Austrian Music Awards
Obviously, the whole world watches the Tony Awards and what’s happening on Broadway – which excludes operetta. (Even if The
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Cole Porter In Hollywood: Or What We Can Learn From John Wilson
Yes, Mr. John Wilson and his orchestra are at it again. After they presented Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate at
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Operation Fledermaus
Yes, it is somewhat unusual: a crime novel that is not directly set in the operetta world, but references that
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Mission Impossible? Teaching Teenagers To Love Operetta
The motto of the project was “Oper sucht Klasse!“, but it was actually all about getting teenagers to sing operetta:
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“Me And My Little Brother”: A Gender-Bending Operetta By Mihály Eisemann From 1934
Admittedly, you would not necessarily expect a “queer” operetta in Viktor Orban’s Hungary. But that’s exactly what you get in
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Eyes Wide Open: A New Generation of Operetta Superstars?
“I had a dream” – and, yes, it was “a beautiful dream”; right in the middle of a performance of
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“La Rondine”: Does The Operetta Revolution In Berlin Continue With Puccini?
Are we entering the second phase of the operetta revolution in Berlin? After the Komische Oper re-discovered the genre and
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Yiddish Operetta Songs: A Re-Discovery On Auschwitz Memorial Day?
The 27th of January 2015 was a memorial day, not only in Germany, but there especially. 70 years ago the
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Flying Down To Berlin: For the First Operetta Festival At The Komische Oper
You know it’s finally happening when the first international guests fly in and need to be picked up at Tegel
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