Operetta Research Center » Baden bei Wien 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 Aus Perspektive eines Operettennostalgikers: „Rebecca“ und „Glöckner“ in Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:31:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24231 Operettenfreunde in Österreich haben derzeit einen schweren Stand. Im sogenannten „Mekka der Operette“ in Mörbisch wird, seit Altbeau Alfons Haider

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/feed/ 0 The Magic Returns with a Bright New Star: “Operette für zwei schwule Tenöre” http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-fur-zwei-schwule-tenore-manuel-nobis/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-fur-zwei-schwule-tenore-manuel-nobis/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:04:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23743 A modern-day operetta about two gay men and their relationship troubles manages to draw in crowds: Operette für zwei schwule

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-fur-zwei-schwule-tenore-manuel-nobis/feed/ 2 A Christmas Marathon Of Operetta Streams: From “Frau Luna” To “Cinderella” And Offenbach http://operetta-research-center.org/christmas-marathon-operetta-streams-frau-luna-cinderella-offenbach/ http://operetta-research-center.org/christmas-marathon-operetta-streams-frau-luna-cinderella-offenbach/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:05:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21094 It seems that the operetta scene is finally awaking to the possibilities of the internet as a chance to overcome

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/christmas-marathon-operetta-streams-frau-luna-cinderella-offenbach/feed/ 0 Boys Will Be Boys, Or: “Die blaue Mazur” At Bühne Baden http://operetta-research-center.org/boys-will-boys-die-blaue-mazur-buhne-baden/ http://operetta-research-center.org/boys-will-boys-die-blaue-mazur-buhne-baden/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:18:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20179 Operetta “live” in Austria? Bühne Baden is one of the few places where you can actually experience the genre on

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/boys-will-boys-die-blaue-mazur-buhne-baden/feed/ 0 Embarrassment of Riches? A New Franz Lehár Reader At Böhlau Publishing http://operetta-research-center.org/embarrassment-riches-new-franz-lehar-reader-bohlau-publishing/ http://operetta-research-center.org/embarrassment-riches-new-franz-lehar-reader-bohlau-publishing/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:38:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19519 The only way I can describe my reaction to this attractively packaged new Franz Lehár reader, published to coincide with

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/embarrassment-riches-new-franz-lehar-reader-bohlau-publishing/feed/ 0 Francesca Zambello’s Version of “Showboat” At Glimmerglass Festival http://operetta-research-center.org/francesca-zambellos-version-showboat-glimmerglas-opera/ http://operetta-research-center.org/francesca-zambellos-version-showboat-glimmerglas-opera/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:31:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18080 Showboats gave the theatre-starved people along the Mississippi from the 1880s into the 1920s what they most wanted: melodrama and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/francesca-zambellos-version-showboat-glimmerglas-opera/feed/ 0 Ethnic Exoticism & Chinese Stereotypes. Or: Lehár’s “Das Land des Lächelns” At The Mörbisch Summer Festival 2019 http://operetta-research-center.org/racism-chinese-stereotypes-das-land-des-lachelns-morbisch-summer-festival/ http://operetta-research-center.org/racism-chinese-stereotypes-das-land-des-lachelns-morbisch-summer-festival/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:38:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17871 Bigger is not automatically better, some claim, and that’s especially true for operetta, or operetta festivals. So just because the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/racism-chinese-stereotypes-das-land-des-lachelns-morbisch-summer-festival/feed/ 1 Kálmán’s “Kaiserin Josephine” (1936) On CPO: Live From The Léhar Festival in Ischl http://operetta-research-center.org/kalmans-kaiserin-josephine-1936-cpo-live-lehar-festival-ischl/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kalmans-kaiserin-josephine-1936-cpo-live-lehar-festival-ischl/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:56:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16333 Kálmán composed Kaiserin Josephine after his ‘regular’ first night theater, the Theater an der Wien, had gone bankrupt as a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kalmans-kaiserin-josephine-1936-cpo-live-lehar-festival-ischl/feed/ 3 Too Depressing To Write About? Leo Fall’s “Die Kaiserin” At Theater Baden http://operetta-research-center.org/leo-fall-die-kaiserin-theater-baden/ http://operetta-research-center.org/leo-fall-die-kaiserin-theater-baden/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2018 09:09:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13949 It’s only a short review of Leo Fall’s Die Kaiserin, I’m afraid. It was too depressing to write more. I

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/leo-fall-die-kaiserin-theater-baden/feed/ 6 “Maske in Blau” In Baden: With Uli Scherbel As A Tap-Dancing Hero http://operetta-research-center.org/maske-blau-baden-uli-scherbel-tap-dancing-hero/ http://operetta-research-center.org/maske-blau-baden-uli-scherbel-tap-dancing-hero/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2018 19:09:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13925 The small spa town of Baden-bei-Wien, 26 kilometers south-west of Vienna and with a population of 26,000, boasts a 500

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/maske-blau-baden-uli-scherbel-tap-dancing-hero/feed/ 1 Totally Cool? The New Operetta Season In Baden Bei Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/new-operetta-season-baden/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-operetta-season-baden/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2017 08:41:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12349 The luxurious little spa town Baden bei Wien – 45 minutes from the center of Vienna by tram – considers

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-operetta-season-baden/feed/ 0 Summer Operetta Season In Baden: “Frasquita” And “Dreimäderlhaus” http://operetta-research-center.org/summer-operetta-season-baden-frasquita-dreimaderlhaus/ http://operetta-research-center.org/summer-operetta-season-baden-frasquita-dreimaderlhaus/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2016 08:25:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10006 The summer season for operetta has started, and various festivals are about to open. Coming up in Baden, near Vienna,

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