Operetta Research Center » Carl Millöcker 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 “Disrupted by the Morality Police”: A New Book on Carl Millöcker http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:00:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25172 Martin Trageser has published a 150 page book on Carl Millöcker (1842-1899). We spoke with him about this project and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/feed/ 1 Carl Millöcker (b. Vienna, 29 April 1842; d. Baden bei Wien, 31 December 1899) http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/ http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 21:16:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24928 Carl Millöcker was one of the trio of Viennese composers who were responsible for the bulk of the outstanding Operetten

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/feed/ 0 “Der arme Jonathan”: Operette in 3 acts by Carl Millöker http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:49:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24916 Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer based their libretto on Les Deux Anglais by P-F Merville, Carl Millöcker wrote the music. Their show, Der

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/feed/ 0 DIE DUBARRY: Carl Millöcker’s Operette Adapted By Theo Mackeben http://operetta-research-center.org/die-dubarry-operette-carl-millocker-adapted-theo-mackeben/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-dubarry-operette-carl-millocker-adapted-theo-mackeben/#comments Tue, 17 May 2022 20:57:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23607 This update of the original 1879 Carl Millöcker operetta was created by Paul Knepler and Ignaz M Welleminsky who turned

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/die-dubarry-operette-carl-millocker-adapted-theo-mackeben/feed/ 2 Tick tick … boom? Lotte de Beer’s First Season at Volksoper Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/tick-tick-boom-lotte-de-beers-first-season-volksoper-wien/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tick-tick-boom-lotte-de-beers-first-season-volksoper-wien/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:49:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23510 So, now we know what Lotte de Beer as the new artistic director of the Volksoper in Vienna had up

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/tick-tick-boom-lotte-de-beers-first-season-volksoper-wien/feed/ 1 Peter Oliver Loew über Polen in der deutschsprachigen Operette http://operetta-research-center.org/peter-oliver-loew-uber-polen-der-deutschsprachigen-operette/ http://operetta-research-center.org/peter-oliver-loew-uber-polen-der-deutschsprachigen-operette/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:41:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22791 2013 wurde dem Slawisten und Historiker Peter Oliver Loew (er ist seit 2019 Direktor des Deutschen Polen-Instituts Darmstadt und seit

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/peter-oliver-loew-uber-polen-der-deutschsprachigen-operette/feed/ 0 Deflowering Austria: The New Year’s Concert From Vienna Lets Suppé Sparkle http://operetta-research-center.org/deflowering-austria-new-years-concert-vienna-lets-suppes-fatinitza-sparkle/ http://operetta-research-center.org/deflowering-austria-new-years-concert-vienna-lets-suppes-fatinitza-sparkle/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:14:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21214 There’s something supremely uplifting about starting the new year with Franz von Suppé’s rousing Fatinitza march as played by the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/deflowering-austria-new-years-concert-vienna-lets-suppes-fatinitza-sparkle/feed/ 1 “Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945” By Adrian Wright http://operetta-research-center.org/cheer-british-musical-films-1929-1945-adrian-wright/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cheer-british-musical-films-1929-1945-adrian-wright/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:13:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19829 In a preface to Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945, author Adrian Wright tells us that British Film Studios made

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cheer-british-musical-films-1929-1945-adrian-wright/feed/ 1 Listening To The Berlin Recordings Of Josef Josephi. Or: The “Elitekorps der Operette” http://operetta-research-center.org/josef-josephi-berlin-recordings-truesound-transfers/ http://operetta-research-center.org/josef-josephi-berlin-recordings-truesound-transfers/#comments Sat, 23 May 2020 10:29:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19635 I’ve been on a bit of a Truesound Transfers trip these past few days. You know, that small Berlin based

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/josef-josephi-berlin-recordings-truesound-transfers/feed/ 1 Lillian Russell (1860-1922) Revisited: The Amazing Life Of A “Scandalous” Operetta Diva http://operetta-research-center.org/lillian-russell-revisited-amazing-life-19th-century-operetta-diva/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lillian-russell-revisited-amazing-life-19th-century-operetta-diva/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2020 10:03:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19446 With all this free time at home right now I’ve started working my way through various DVD boxes I’ve had

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lillian-russell-revisited-amazing-life-19th-century-operetta-diva/feed/ 1 Four “Legendary Recordings” Of Richard Genée Shows, Including “Seekadett” & “Nanon” http://operetta-research-center.org/four-legendary-recordings-richard-genee-shows-seekadett-nanon-musikfeind-rosita/ http://operetta-research-center.org/four-legendary-recordings-richard-genee-shows-seekadett-nanon-musikfeind-rosita/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:37:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19306 On a sunny summer afternoon last year I had a long inspiring conversation about Richard Genée (1823-1895) with two operetta

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/four-legendary-recordings-richard-genee-shows-seekadett-nanon-musikfeind-rosita/feed/ 0 “Der Bettelstudent” At Theater Pforzheim: Making The Genre Relevant For A 21st Century Audience? http://operetta-research-center.org/der-bettelstudent-theater-pforzheim-making-genre-relevant-21st-century-audience/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-bettelstudent-theater-pforzheim-making-genre-relevant-21st-century-audience/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:03:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15242 The excellent (and beautifully illustrated) programme calls Der Bettelstudent “one of the best-loved of all the Golden Age Viennese operettas.”

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