Operetta Research Center » Cabaret

“When the Music Stopped…Willy Rosen’s Holocaust”: A New Book By Casey J. Hayes

kevin — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:33:12 +0000

He was Weimar Germany’s answer to Barry Manilow, the most popular entertainer and songwriter of his generation, writing hit after

kevin — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:53:34 +0000

Kurt Weill’s “Wintermärchen” Der Silbersee is not exactly an operetta, more of a fairy tale “with music” that tells the

kevin — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:44:48 +0000

“Welcome to the 20s” says the poster for Lila Lied, “The Queer Cabaret” that was presented in Berlin’s SchwuZ. In

kevin — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:19:22 +0000

Most operetta fans will know Paul O’Montis because he made a famous recording of “Was kann der Sigismund dafür, dass

kevin — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:26:01 +0000

Leo Fall’s one-act operetta Brüderlein fein premiered in the notorious basement cabaret of the Theater an der Wien, called “Die

kevin — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:00 +0000

The format of the cabaret operetta has fallen out of favor, somewhat. 100 years ago, theaters all over the world

kevin — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:28:24 +0000

The art of the suggestive song is not restricted to any particular historic era; it is, however, limited to a

kevin — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 11:41:56 +0000

There is Spoliansky in the air, it seems. And it is certainly high time that this unique composer is rediscovered.

kevin — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:04:15 +0000

The 27th of January 2015 was a memorial day, not only in Germany, but there especially. 70 years ago the

kevin — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:30:10 +0000

Nothing makes love’s longing bloom as intensely as a heavy crisis! Or so the saying goes. At the restaurant Zum

kevin — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:52:31 +0000

Two researchers from the Austrian Cabaret Archive (ÖKA), Iris Fink and Hans Veigl, have just published a 275 page book

kevin — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:21:25 +0000

A little book dealing with the entertainment industry during the Great War: Galgenhumor. Kleine Kunst im Großen Krieg. Ein Beitrag