Operetta Research Center » Charles Kálmán

Farewell, Yvonne Kálmán (1937-2025)

kevin — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 10:58:58 +0000

Yvonne Kálmán, youngest daughter of the celebrated Austro-Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, passed away peacefully on Friday, 7 November 2025, at

kevin — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:02:09 +0000

In 2013 and 2016 the University of British Columbia performed two of Emmerich Kálmán’s early symphonic poems, Saturnalia and Endre

kevin — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:12:18 +0000

Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin celebrated its 40th anniversary this year with a musical/chanson themed contest. The gala concert of the finalists

kevin — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 10:24:24 +0000

At the beginning of December, the winners of this year’s Bundeswettbewerb Gesang presented themselves at the Friedrichstadt Palast in Berlin,

kevin — Fri, 19 May 2017 07:50:37 +0000

One of Emmerich Kalman’s great musical idols was George Gershwin whom he entertained in Vienna in 1928, after they both

kevin — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 10:51:39 +0000

There will be a new memorial plaque on Maximilianstraße 56 next year: on February 22, the second anniversary of his

kevin — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 11:18:09 +0000

It’s a special treat, that’s for sure: the Komische Oper Berlin is ending its Emmerich Kalman cycle of Christmas operettas

kevin — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:18:01 +0000

Emmerich Kalman started his career as a serious“ composer of grand tone poems in the Richard Strauss, or more likely

kevin — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 22:00:16 +0000

It seems almost only yesterday that Charles Kalman died, and had his memorable musical funeral in Munich. Now, his wife

kevin — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:53:18 +0000

It is with great sadness that we, at the Operetta Research Center, have to report the death of Charles Kálmán.

kevin — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:44:20 +0000

In Vienna, a grand musical birthday celebration will be held in December. The “birthday boy” is Charles Kalman, oldest son

kevin — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:59:17 +0000

During the Brucknerfest in Linz, Austria, a new exhibition will open at the Tabakfabrik on September 9. Its title: Operette