“Disrupted by the Morality Police”: A New Book on Carl Millöcker
Martin Trageser has published a 150 page book on Carl Millöcker (1842-1899). We spoke with him about this project and
read moreMartin Trageser has published a 150 page book on Carl Millöcker (1842-1899). We spoke with him about this project and
read moreCarl Millöcker was one of the trio of Viennese composers who were responsible for the bulk of the outstanding Operetten
read moreHugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer based their libretto on Les Deux Anglais by P-F Merville, Carl Millöcker wrote the music. Their show, Der
read moreThis update of the original 1879 Carl Millöcker operetta was created by Paul Knepler and Ignaz M Welleminsky who turned
read moreSo, now we know what Lotte de Beer as the new artistic director of the Volksoper in Vienna had up
read more2013 wurde dem Slawisten und Historiker Peter Oliver Loew (er ist seit 2019 Direktor des Deutschen Polen-Instituts Darmstadt und seit
read moreThere’s something supremely uplifting about starting the new year with Franz von Suppé’s rousing Fatinitza march as played by the
read moreIn a preface to Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945, author Adrian Wright tells us that British Film Studios made
read moreI’ve been on a bit of a Truesound Transfers trip these past few days. You know, that small Berlin based
read moreWith all this free time at home right now I’ve started working my way through various DVD boxes I’ve had
read moreOn a sunny summer afternoon last year I had a long inspiring conversation about Richard Genée (1823-1895) with two operetta
read moreThe excellent (and beautifully illustrated) programme calls Der Bettelstudent “one of the best-loved of all the Golden Age Viennese operettas.”
read moreKurt Gänzl is no stranger to readers of these pages. As the author of The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre
read moreYou would not really expect a world premiere of a Carl Millöcker operetta in 2015, right? But that’s exactly what
read moreThis is the lecture Prof. Hans-Dieter Roser gave in the Festsaal of the Vienna town hall, as part of the
read moreAs the author of Die Fledermaus (1874) and a whole series of other famous Strauss operettas, Richard Genée is not
read moreDas CD-Label cpo und sein Executive Producer Burkhard Schmilgun haben eine neue Aufnahme von Carl Millöckers zweiter Erfolgsoperette Gasparone vorgelegt
read moreIt’s a breathtaking spectacle of nature: the Erzgebirge, the rough East-German mountains near the Czech border. In the midst of
read moreWhat became eventually known as “operetta” or “opérette” didn’t start its life under that name. The earliest works of the
read moreAs of 2013, the Austrian operetta festival in Mörbisch—near the Hungarian border—has a new director. Dagmar Schellenberger replaced Harald Serafin
read moreOne could call it revolutionary and decidedly up to date: a Viennese operetta biography published in English and (!) German,
read moreMillöcker’s most successful Operette and, indeed, one of the very few 19th-century Viennese pieces which do not have the fashionable
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