Operetta Research Center » Chris Weber

The “La fille de Madame Angot” Disaster at Opéra Comique

kevin — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 08:52:32 +0000

The last time this wonderful operetta by Charles Lecocq was performed in Paris was in 1984, at the Châtelet. I

kevin — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:06:37 +0000

Ever since that night so many years ago when I saw my first Offenbach (November 4, 1974, Hoffmanns Erzählungen, at

kevin — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:09:09 +0000

If resources enough could be gathered together for an annual festival of Offenbach and maybe his time, where would it

kevin — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 10:21:41 +0000

For my Christmas present, and to celebrate that Covid is (we must hope) over, I recently traveled to Europe. Over

kevin — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:50:27 +0000

Laurent Pelly’s celebrated production of Offenbach’s Barbe-bleue from the Opéra de Lyon has finally arrived on DVD. It offers Yann

kevin — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 09:25:32 +0000

It is so easy to rip a performance apart. But what do you do if you see perfection? Alright, if

kevin — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:07:07 +0000

One cannot call them “reviews,” since I don’t read music, and a performance has to be either very good or

kevin — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:59:35 +0000

In 1980, the classical music world marked the 100th anniversary of Jacques Offenbach’s death. And for this greatest of ‘life