“Sissi, Queen of Hungary”: Huszka’s Operetta Turned Into A “National Heritage” Production
The Hungarian “Monarchia Operett” (Monarchy Operetta Company [1]), under the artistic direction of dance comedian and costume designer Péter Erik
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Kero Publishes His Memoirs In The Shadow Of #metoo
Theater memoirs are rarely published in Hungary, mostly because they are not being written. The entangled interpersonal relationships of artistic
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Red Stars: A Study And Exhibition About Socialist Showbiz In Hungary
Operetta appears more and more frequently in scientific discourse, but what about revues and variety shows? It’s a new field
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“Frau Luna” And The Budapester Luft: The Berlin ‘National’ Operetta Vs. The Hungarian National Operetta
Mind the apostrophes! The recent revival of Paul Lincke’s Frau Luna at Tipi am Kanzleramt is a firm reference point
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The New Emmerich Kálmán Research Centre In Budapest
We recently reported on the new Emmerich Kálmán Research Centre that will open in Budapest. It’s an academic institution funded
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Kálmán’s “Herzogin von Chicago” At The Deutsches Theater Munich
I have just seen the much-heralded Budapest Operetta Theatre’s re-imagining of Kálmán’s 1928 musical mashup, Die Herzogin von Chicago, at
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The Emmerich Kalman Research Center. Plus: Yvonne Kalman’s 80th Birthday Gala
It was a dazzling party: Yvonne Kalman celebrated her 80th birthday last week-end in Budapest as a big gala event,
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The Unveiling Of The Imre Kálmán Theater With “The Riviera Girl”
On Nagymezó, the historic theatre street of Budapest, a bronze statue of operetta composer Emmerich Kálmán sits on the end
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“The Csárdás Princess” In London: The World-Tour Continues
Over 100 years after its world-premiere, Emmerich Kálmán’s The Csárdás Princess comes to London once more on 28 November 2016.
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“Popular Musical Theatre Under Socialism”: A Conference In Freiburg In 2017
In February 2017, theater historian Dr. Wolfgang Jansen is organizing a conference on the topic of “Popular musical theatre under
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“Every Country Gets The Operetta It Deserves”: Trends, Ideological Wars And New Books
In variation of the famous saying “Every country has the government it deserves” – by 18th century political philosopher Joseph-Marie
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András Szentpéteri: Exporting Hungarian Operetta And Bringing Broadway To Budapest
András Szentpéteri is the head of Pentaton Concert and Artist Management, the company in charge of organising the international tours
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“An Autumn Trilogy”: The Budapest Operetta Theater In Ravenna
Ravenna in Northern Italy is famous for many things: it was the capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402
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Grand Opening: The New Emmerich Kálmán Theátrum In Budapest
For their 2016/17 season, the Budapest Operetta Theater (BOT) has some surprises in store. They might have opened the season
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The 2016 Ohio Light Opera Season: “Hollandweibchen” and “Dancing Years”
The Ohio Light Opera – that lovably enduring shrine to operetta and musical theater – just gets better and better
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International Operetta Singing Competition of Franz Lehár
Not too long ago, Berlin’s operetta pioneer Barrie Kosky stated in the Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, that he considers the performers of
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“Operette: hipp oder miefig?” The New Issue Of The Österreichische Musikzeitschrift
It doesn’t happen too often that a musicological magazine dedicates an entire issue to “operetta”: with eight short essays dealing
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An Historically Rich “Duchess of Chicago” in Budapest
I recommend booking travel tickets now for Budapest – to arrive before June 9, 2016. That’s the date of the
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Zsolt Vadász: “Land des Lächelns” in St. Petersburg And Tassilo In Munich
Every country, and every generation for that matter, has its “no. 1” tenor. In Germany, back in the 1920s and
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“Gräfin Mariza” At The Deutsches Theater Munich
Fans of 1920′s jazz operettas don’t usually consider Kálmán’s Gräfin Mariza a modern syncopated show. Instead, they put this international
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“Die Herzogin von Chicago”: Teaching Budapest The Charleston Again
Wenn man seine Dissertation über ein Werk wie Die Herzogin von Chicago geschrieben hat, wenn man all die Aufnahmen von
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Albert SZIRMAI [aka SIRMAY]: b Budapest, 2 July 1880; d New York, 15 January 1967
Szirmai was a top-flight Hungarian composer whose career faded when he left home. He studied at the Budapest Zeneakadémia and
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SZIBILL, Operetta in 3 acts by Miksa Bródy and Ferenc Martos. Music by Viktor Jacobi
Szibill, first produced at the Király Színház, Budapest, on 27 February 1914, was the peak achievement of the short career
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Viktor JACOBI [JAKABFI]: b Budapest, 22 October 1883; d New York, 10 December 1921
Viktor Jakabfi is one of the group of successful Hungarian composers who dominated the European musical stage in the early
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Hungarian Operetta In New Delhi. Or: Kálmán Conquers India
Off to new frontiers: that has always been a guiding principle for operetta. In this case, Hungarian operetta, or more
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Magdolna Jákfalvi Discusses Hungarian Operetta From A State-Socialist Perspective
Professor Magdolna Jákfalvi is specialized in the theater history of Hungary under socialism. She organized the first scientific operetta conference
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“Csardasfürstin” Conquers Oman And Qatar
In a very bitter twist of irony, it happened at the exact same moment when Islamic terrorists struck in Paris,
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“Csardasfürstin” Conference in Budapest
This week-end, the Budapest Operetta Theatre is hosting a conference on Die Csardasfürstin, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of that
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Bringing Operetta To The Arab World – Without Sex Or Alcohol!
Leaving titles such as Arabian Nights, Kismet and Desert Song aside, the Middle East is not generally a region which
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MÁGNÁS MISKA: Operetta in 3 acts by Albert Szirmai
Produced in Budapest during the most fecund period in Hungarian operetta, Albert Szirmai’s 1916 wartime piece Mágnás Miska (Miska the
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The “Csardasfürstin” From Budapest
It’s holiday time, obviously. So unless you’re on your way to some summer festival, chances that you’ll catch a regular
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The Hungarian Connection: Reclaiming The Repertoire
Vienna and Budapest: those are two important fixtures in the operetta universe. And two highly profitable marketing terms. There are
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“Me And My Little Brother”: A Gender-Bending Operetta By Mihály Eisemann From 1934
Admittedly, you would not necessarily expect a “queer” operetta in Viktor Orban’s Hungary. But that’s exactly what you get in
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“Suddenly Last Summer”: A Re-Encounter With Marika Oszwald & Zsuzsa Kalocsai
No, it is not a Tennessee Williams play turned into an operetta. Instead, A Summer Long Ago (A régi nyár)
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