Operetta Research Center » Alexander Girardi 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 “Der arme Jonathan”: Operette in 3 acts by Carl Millöker http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:49:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24916 Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer based their libretto on Les Deux Anglais by P-F Merville, Carl Millöcker wrote the music. Their show, Der

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/feed/ 0 First Full Recording Of Johann Strauss’ “Waldmeister” (1895) http://operetta-research-center.org/first-full-recording-johann-strauss-waldmeister-1895/ http://operetta-research-center.org/first-full-recording-johann-strauss-waldmeister-1895/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:07:08 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22599 The label Naxos is continuing its Johann Strauss series with a new recording of late operetta Waldmeister, which originally premiered

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/first-full-recording-johann-strauss-waldmeister-1895/feed/ 3 Watch Out For The Red Fingernails: Two New “Zigeunerbaron” Productions In Magdeburg And Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/watch-red-fingernails-two-new-zigeunerbaron-productions-magdeburg-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/watch-red-fingernails-two-new-zigeunerbaron-productions-magdeburg-berlin/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2020 10:34:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19983 How do you solve a problem like Zigeunerbaron? Some might ask: is there a problem with this 1885 show? Well,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/watch-red-fingernails-two-new-zigeunerbaron-productions-magdeburg-berlin/feed/ 0 World-Premiere Recording of Strauss’ “Blindekuh” (1878) On Naxos http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-strauss-blindekuh-1878/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-strauss-blindekuh-1878/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:28:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19356 When it comes to Naxos and operetta, and Johann Strauss shows in particular, the famous budget label has a rather

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-strauss-blindekuh-1878/feed/ 2 World Premiere Recording Of Johann Strauss’ “Blindekuh” On Naxos http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-johann-strauss-blindekuh-naxos/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-johann-strauss-blindekuh-naxos/#comments Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:28:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18928 As part of their Johann Strauss “rediscovery series” the label Naxos is releasing the 1878 operetta Blindekuh which premiered at

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-johann-strauss-blindekuh-naxos/feed/ 5 Leo Fall’s “Brüderlein fein”: The Problem With The Cologne Broadcasts http://operetta-research-center.org/leo-falls-bruderlein-fein-cologne-broadcasts/ http://operetta-research-center.org/leo-falls-bruderlein-fein-cologne-broadcasts/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:26:01 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14249 Leo Fall’s one-act operetta Brüderlein fein premiered in the notorious basement cabaret of the Theater an der Wien, called “Die

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/leo-falls-bruderlein-fein-cologne-broadcasts/feed/ 4 Johann Strauss’ moderne “Journalisten-Operetten”: “Fürstin Ninetta” & “Waldmeister” http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-moderne-journalisten-operetten-furstin-ninetta-waldmeister/ http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-moderne-journalisten-operetten-furstin-ninetta-waldmeister/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:15:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13845 Nach der Uraufführung von Fürstin Ninetta am 10. Jänner 1893 schrieb die Tageszeitung Die Presse: „Die Musik der Operette ist

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-moderne-journalisten-operetten-furstin-ninetta-waldmeister/feed/ 0 Die Operette mit “Herzton” als musikdramatisches Modell der Moderne. Edmund Eyslers “Künstlerblut” (1906) http://operetta-research-center.org/die-operette-mit-herzton-als-musikdramatisches-modell-der-moderne-edmund-eyslers-kunstlerblut-1906/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-operette-mit-herzton-als-musikdramatisches-modell-der-moderne-edmund-eyslers-kunstlerblut-1906/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:21:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13746 Back in June 2012, Marion Linhardt from the University of Bayreuth presented a paper on the Eysler operetta Künstlerblut in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/die-operette-mit-herzton-als-musikdramatisches-modell-der-moderne-edmund-eyslers-kunstlerblut-1906/feed/ 1 Pop Art Meets Carl Zeller: “Der Vogelhändler” From The 2017 Mörbisch Festival http://operetta-research-center.org/der-vogelhandler-2017-morbisch-festival/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-vogelhandler-2017-morbisch-festival/#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2017 10:35:11 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12766 You could call this year’s Vogelhändler at the Mörbisch Festival a kick-ass production – or an erect middle-finger in the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/der-vogelhandler-2017-morbisch-festival/feed/ 0 First Modern Recording of Franz Lehár’s Feminist “Die Juxheirat” http://operetta-research-center.org/first-modern-recording-franz-lehars-feminist-die-juxheirat/ http://operetta-research-center.org/first-modern-recording-franz-lehars-feminist-die-juxheirat/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:12:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12408 Julius Bauer (1854-1941) was, like many Viennese operetta librettists, a highly cultured and witty man. He studied medicine and then

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/first-modern-recording-franz-lehars-feminist-die-juxheirat/feed/ 0 “A Trip To Africa”: Franz von Suppé’s Oriental Operetta In English http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-africa-operetta-recording/ http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-africa-operetta-recording/#comments Tue, 02 May 2017 09:38:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12122 It’s quite a miracle: a full cast album of Franz von Suppé’s exotic Die Afrikareise, recorded live and in an

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-africa-operetta-recording/feed/ 1 Re-Visiting The Villas Of Bad Ischl: Marie-Theres Arnbom’s New Book http://operetta-research-center.org/re-visiting-villas-bad-ischl-marie-theres-arnboms-new-book/ http://operetta-research-center.org/re-visiting-villas-bad-ischl-marie-theres-arnboms-new-book/#comments Sun, 09 Apr 2017 09:06:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11944 Anyone who is even remotely interested in the history of German language operetta knows that Bad Ischl – a kind

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