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Operetta Research Center » Emily Soldene 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 Revisiting the Emily Soldene Biography. Or: the Postscripta of Publication http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-emily-soldene-biography-postscripta-publication/ http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-emily-soldene-biography-postscripta-publication/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2022 08:45:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23727 When you have spent more than 20 years researching and writing a book, when you have lived and breathed the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-emily-soldene-biography-postscripta-publication/feed/ 0 Diversity Of Questions & Multiplicity Of Approaches: Kaspar Maase’s “Einführung in die Populärkulturforschung” http://operetta-research-center.org/diversity-questions-multiplicity-approaches-kaspar-maases-einfuhrung-die-popularkulturforschung/ http://operetta-research-center.org/diversity-questions-multiplicity-approaches-kaspar-maases-einfuhrung-die-popularkulturforschung/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:54:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17981 How do you solve a problem like – operetta? The question has been asked many times over, especially since so

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/diversity-questions-multiplicity-approaches-kaspar-maases-einfuhrung-die-popularkulturforschung/feed/ 0 A Memorial For J D Wallace: The Man Who Turned “Belle of New York” Into The Biggest Hit Of Its Era http://operetta-research-center.org/memorial-j-d-wallace-man-turned-belle-new-york-biggest-hit-era/ http://operetta-research-center.org/memorial-j-d-wallace-man-turned-belle-new-york-biggest-hit-era/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:32:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17571 Today, in the expanses of Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Australia, with only the workmen as witnesses, a vacant-looking plot of earth

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/memorial-j-d-wallace-man-turned-belle-new-york-biggest-hit-era/feed/ 0 Claude Marius (1850-1896): Opéra-Bouffe’s Male Object Of Desire http://operetta-research-center.org/claude-marius-opera-bouffe-object-desire/ http://operetta-research-center.org/claude-marius-opera-bouffe-object-desire/#comments Fri, 31 May 2019 10:11:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17521 Monsieur Marius (Claude Marius Duplany, b Paris, 18 February 1850) was a ‘Frenchman, play producer, actor, raconteur, and optimist’ (they

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/claude-marius-opera-bouffe-object-desire/feed/ 0 High Kicks, Or: The History Of The CanCan In English-Language Theater http://operetta-research-center.org/history-cancan-english-language-theater/ http://operetta-research-center.org/history-cancan-english-language-theater/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:30:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16205 To say precisely who were the first English dancers to perform the cancan in the English-language theatre is pretty impossible.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/history-cancan-english-language-theater/feed/ 4 Trying To Define Opéra-Bouffe: An Article From “The Era” 1870 About “Chilpéric” At The Lyceum http://operetta-research-center.org/trying-define-opera-bouffe-era-1870-chilperic/ http://operetta-research-center.org/trying-define-opera-bouffe-era-1870-chilperic/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:50:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15697 In his 2 volume biography Emily Soldene: In Search of a Singer Kurt Gänzl chronicles the initial success of opéra

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/trying-define-opera-bouffe-era-1870-chilperic/feed/ 0 Magic Mike Live. Or: What About The Objectification Of Men In Operetta? http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2018 10:44:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15649 In a recent article for The Times, Jamie Stoker reported on casting for London’s Magic Mike Live. The headline says

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/feed/ 0 Amy Sheridan: Royal Milkmaid, Queen Of Burlesque, And Concubine http://operetta-research-center.org/amy-sheridan-royal-milkmaid-queen-burlesque-concubine/ http://operetta-research-center.org/amy-sheridan-royal-milkmaid-queen-burlesque-concubine/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:13:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15309 Amy Sheridan was something of a phenomenon. When she died, in 1878, at a Brighton boarding house, aged 39, of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/amy-sheridan-royal-milkmaid-queen-burlesque-concubine/feed/ 0 Annette Dasch As Horror Diva. Or: A First Class Operetta Execution. “Fledermaus” In Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/annette-dasch-horror-diva-first-class-operetta-execution-fledermaus-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/annette-dasch-horror-diva-first-class-operetta-execution-fledermaus-berlin/#comments Thu, 10 May 2018 10:14:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14754 No, it’s not exactly news that there are – and always have been – multiple audiences for operetta. And they

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/annette-dasch-horror-diva-first-class-operetta-execution-fledermaus-berlin/feed/ 2 E. A. Dupont’s “Das alte Gesetz”. Or: What #MeToo Has To Do With Operetta And Offenbach http://operetta-research-center.org/dupont-das-alte-gesetz-metoo/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dupont-das-alte-gesetz-metoo/#comments Sat, 17 Feb 2018 09:46:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13992 When we talk about popular musical theater our modern focus is mostly on the ‘artistic’ values of individual shows, e.g.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dupont-das-alte-gesetz-metoo/feed/ 0 Offenbach’s sexy medieval spoof “Geneviève de Brabant” http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-sexy-medieval-spoof-genevieve-de-brabant/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-sexy-medieval-spoof-genevieve-de-brabant/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:19:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7370 Of the great opéras-bouffes of Offenbach’s early years, the one which has suffered the most inexplicable eclipse in the 20th

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-sexy-medieval-spoof-genevieve-de-brabant/feed/ 6 Exporting Operette: The World Is Not Enough http://operetta-research-center.org/export-operetta-paris-vienna-rest-world/ http://operetta-research-center.org/export-operetta-paris-vienna-rest-world/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:17:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=2649 What became eventually known as “operetta” or “opérette” didn’t start its life under that name. The earliest works of the

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