Operetta Research Center » Bonnie Gordon 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 Offenbach’s “Black Venus”, Or: Examining “La Belle Hélène” As An Intersection Of Race And Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-black-venus-belle-helene-intersection-race-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-black-venus-belle-helene-intersection-race-operetta/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:39:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16404 Sometimes you read an operetta essay that deeply disturbs you – not because it is badly written or full of

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