Operetta Research Center » Cross Dressing

Pure Viagra: Pablo Luna’s “Benamor” Triumphs at Theater an der Wien

kevin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:42:04 +0000

Like Berlin, Madrid in the Golden Twenties was a hotspot of nightlife and a queer mecca. On the evening of

kevin — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:03:17 +0000

A long-lost musical treasure is coming back to life. On December 13, 2025, the little theater in Annaberg-Buchholz will premiere

kevin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 05:35:18 +0000

In the new edition of the book Glitter and be Gay: Reloaded Spanish musicologist Enrique Mejías García writes about the

kevin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:01:47 +0000

It’s almost a quarter of a century ago that Laurence Senelick published his book The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and

kevin — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:42:22 +0000

Yes, there is an institution called National Operetta of Ukraine. It has been situated in the National Academic Theater of

kevin — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:33:38 +0000

In the 21st century, when it is considered oh-so-trendy for boys to dress up as girls, the trendy ones (and

kevin — Sat, 15 May 2021 09:45:07 +0000

On 24 August 1932 the newspaper Berliner Börsen-Courier reported that “this morning the well known revue poet Marcellus Schiffer was

kevin — Fri, 07 May 2021 09:19:40 +0000

Due to Corona, Landesbühnen Sachsen in Germany put on two small scale one-acters last year: Offenbach’s The Island of Tulipatan

kevin — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:14:26 +0000

There’s something supremely uplifting about starting the new year with Franz von Suppé’s rousing Fatinitza march as played by the

kevin — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:27:56 +0000

They are certainly five magnificent cowboys, but with a twist. The fact that they dance an Offenbach pas de deux

kevin — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 12:26:52 +0000

At Komische Oper Berlin, Paul Ábrahám’s ‘last’ operetta premiered in a new production by Stefan Huber, with a newly arranged

kevin — Fri, 31 May 2019 09:46:13 +0000

Édouard Théodore Nicole, better known as Léonce (b Paris, 12 January 1820) was a slim, bespectacled (off-stage) low comedian with