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“Disrupted by the Morality Police”: A New Book on Carl Millöcker

kevin — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:00:50 +0000

Martin Trageser has published a 150 page book on Carl Millöcker (1842-1899). We spoke with him about this project and

kevin — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:04:16 +0000

A modern-day operetta about two gay men and their relationship troubles manages to draw in crowds: Operette für zwei schwule

kevin — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:12:33 +0000

At Theater Dortmund a new version of Die lustige Witwe presents the Lehár show as “a revue operetta” with a

kevin — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:14:26 +0000

There’s something supremely uplifting about starting the new year with Franz von Suppé’s rousing Fatinitza march as played by the

kevin — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:55:09 +0000

Obviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola

kevin — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:46:33 +0000

Franz Lehár’s 1924 operetta Cloclo is not one of his more famous titles, and it hasn’t stayed in the repertoire

kevin — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:38:53 +0000

The only way I can describe my reaction to this attractively packaged new Franz Lehár reader, published to coincide with

kevin — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:36:33 +0000

There’s a certain irony at play here: the world’s largest operetta festival in Mörbisch kicked out their old director, Dagmar

kevin — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 10:27:58 +0000

It’s Franz Lehár’s 150th birthday coming up in April, and various authors and publishing houses are getting ready to celebrate

kevin — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:40:55 +0000

The operetta festival in Bad Ischl has ended its 2019 summer season with an 8 percent increase in audience numbers,

kevin — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:38:59 +0000

Bigger is not automatically better, some claim, and that’s especially true for operetta, or operetta festivals. So just because the

kevin — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:31:11 +0000

The Ischl Lehár Festival has announced what you may expect in 2019 – with the new artistic director Thomas Enzinger.