Operetta Research Center » Alan Lareau http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Exploring Evelin Förster’s New Book Project: German Illustrated Sheet Music Covers as a Mirror of Society http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/ http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:08:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23408 Vamps, policemen, harem dancers, waiters, dandies, grotesque dancing couples, and film stars populate the covers of early twentieth century sheet

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/feed/ 0 Are We Finally Rediscovering Victor Hollaender? http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-rediscoving-victor-hollaender/ http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-rediscoving-victor-hollaender/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:46:42 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22978 No, the orientalist silent film orgy Sumurun, filmed in the Ufa studios in Berlin-Tempelhof in 1920, doesn’t need to be

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-rediscoving-victor-hollaender/feed/ 0 Nils Grosch & Carolin Stahrenberg: “Im weißen Rössl. Kulturgeschichtliche Perspektiven” http://operetta-research-center.org/nils-grosch-carolin-stahrenberg-im-weisen-rossl-kulturgeschichtliche-perspektiven/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nils-grosch-carolin-stahrenberg-im-weisen-rossl-kulturgeschichtliche-perspektiven/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:18:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17051 Over the past twenty years, German-speaking operetta has been enjoying a revival, especially Berlin operettas of the Weimar Republic by

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/nils-grosch-carolin-stahrenberg-im-weisen-rossl-kulturgeschichtliche-perspektiven/feed/ 0 Christian Walther: “Robert Gilbert. Eine zeitgeschichtliche Biografie” http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-walther-robert-gilbert-eine-zeitgeschichtliche-biogra%ef%ac%81e/ http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-walther-robert-gilbert-eine-zeitgeschichtliche-biogra%ef%ac%81e/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2019 14:53:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17039 The lyricists behind our classic pop songs are generally unknown or forgotten. Robert Gilbert (pseuydonym of Robert Winterfeld, 1899–1978) wrote

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-walther-robert-gilbert-eine-zeitgeschichtliche-biogra%ef%ac%81e/feed/ 0 “Jimmy Berg – Von der Ringstraße zur 72nd Street”: Chansons From Vienna And New York Exile http://operetta-research-center.org/jimmy-berg-von-der-ringstrase-zur-72nd-street-chansons-vienna-new-york-exile/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jimmy-berg-von-der-ringstrase-zur-72nd-street-chansons-vienna-new-york-exile/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2019 11:35:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17030 Authentic cabaret texts are hard to come by. This material was written for the day, not for posterity, and was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jimmy-berg-von-der-ringstrase-zur-72nd-street-chansons-vienna-new-york-exile/feed/ 0 ‘Babylon Berlin’: A Philharmonic Discourse with Florian Illies, Manfred Görtemaker And Tilman Krause http://operetta-research-center.org/babylon-berlin-philharmonic-discourse-florian-illies-manfred-gortemaker-tilman-krause/ http://operetta-research-center.org/babylon-berlin-philharmonic-discourse-florian-illies-manfred-gortemaker-tilman-krause/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:09:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16753 Ah yes, the Weimar Republic. Again? While the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin is currently showing a marvelous exhibition on

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