Operetta Research Center » Christian Weise 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 The Return of “Ennobled” Operetta: Lehár, Thielemann, and an Unlearned Lesson http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/ http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:01:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25792 Berlin was—and in many ways still is—a center of operetta innovation. A reminder: in the 1920s, crucial impulses for renewing

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/feed/ 0 “Linie 1”: Revising Berlin’s Legendary Subway Musical at GRIPS Theater http://operetta-research-center.org/grips-linie-1-new-production-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/grips-linie-1-new-production-berlin/#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:46:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24404 When Linie 1 premiered in West-Berlin back in 1986, three years before the wall came down and East and West

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/grips-linie-1-new-production-berlin/feed/ 0 Gorki Theater Streams “Alles Schwindel” With English Subtitles For Christmas http://operetta-research-center.org/gorki-theater-streams-alles-schwindel-english-subtitles-christmas/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gorki-theater-streams-alles-schwindel-english-subtitles-christmas/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:46:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21019 When I saw the news today that Gorki Theater Berlin will stream one of the greatest operetta productions I have

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gorki-theater-streams-alles-schwindel-english-subtitles-christmas/feed/ 0 Bringing Back Abraham: “Märchen Im Grand Hotel” At Staatstheater Hannover http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-marchen-im-grand-hotel-staatstheater-hannover/ http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-marchen-im-grand-hotel-staatstheater-hannover/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:57:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18573 It’s hard to believe, but this is actually only the second fully staged production of Paul Abraham’s Märchen im Grand

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-marchen-im-grand-hotel-staatstheater-hannover/feed/ 1 Spoliansky’s “Alles Schwindel” Returns To Berlin’s Gorki Theater Next Season http://operetta-research-center.org/spolianskys-alles-schwindel-returns-berlin-next-season/ http://operetta-research-center.org/spolianskys-alles-schwindel-returns-berlin-next-season/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2018 08:41:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15714 The good news is: Mischa Spoliansky’s modern-dating-chaos operetta Alles Schwindel (1931) is returning to Berlin’s Gorki Theater for the 2018/19

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/spolianskys-alles-schwindel-returns-berlin-next-season/feed/ 1 A Star Is Born: Jonas Dassler In Spoliansky’s “Alles Schwindel” At Gorki Theater http://operetta-research-center.org/star-born-jonas-dassler-spolianskys-alles-schwindel-gorki-theater/ http://operetta-research-center.org/star-born-jonas-dassler-spolianskys-alles-schwindel-gorki-theater/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2017 09:57:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13508 In a way, it’s what every operetta fan secretly dreams of: you go to a performance with new unknown singers,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/star-born-jonas-dassler-spolianskys-alles-schwindel-gorki-theater/feed/ 0 Geschwister Pfister: A New Spoliansky Revue In Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/geschwister-pfister-new-spoliansky-revue-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/geschwister-pfister-new-spoliansky-revue-berlin/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:00:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9529 The musical comedies of Mischa Spoliansky have been experiencing quite a revival in recent years – probably because the biting

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/geschwister-pfister-new-spoliansky-revue-berlin/feed/ 0 Rediscovering Mischa Spoliansky – In Berlin And Weimar http://operetta-research-center.org/rediscovering-spoliansky-berlin-weimar/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rediscovering-spoliansky-berlin-weimar/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2015 11:41:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6229 There is Spoliansky in the air, it seems. And it is certainly high time that this unique composer is rediscovered.

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