Operetta Research Center » Emmerich Kálmán http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 02 May 2026 19:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Farewell, Yvonne Kálmán (1937-2025) http://operetta-research-center.org/farewell-yvonne-kalman-1936-2025/ http://operetta-research-center.org/farewell-yvonne-kalman-1936-2025/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2025 10:58:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25665 Yvonne Kálmán, youngest daughter of the celebrated Austro-Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, passed away peacefully on Friday, 7 November 2025, at

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/farewell-yvonne-kalman-1936-2025/feed/ 3 “Mein Freund Bunbury” Cancelled: The End of the Operetta Era at Komische Oper? http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:45:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25495 It came as something of a shock without any pre-warning: At the beginning of the new year the Komische Oper

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 0 Ukrainian Operetta – Or, Popular Musical Theater in Times of War http://operetta-research-center.org/ukrainian-operetta-popular-musical-theater-times-war-kyiv/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ukrainian-operetta-popular-musical-theater-times-war-kyiv/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:42:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25391 Yes, there is an institution called National Operetta of Ukraine. It has been situated in the National Academic Theater of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ukrainian-operetta-popular-musical-theater-times-war-kyiv/feed/ 0 “Katharine Mehrling in Berlin” – The Promise of an Operetta Album to Come? http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:38:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25226 This week, Katharine Mehrling is back at Bar jeder Vernunft in Berlin with a program called 6 Nächte in Berlin,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/feed/ 0 Italian Operetta Collector and Buffo Ernesto G. Oppicelli Passed Away http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-operetta-collector-ernesto-g-oppicelli-passed-away/ http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-operetta-collector-ernesto-g-oppicelli-passed-away/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:32:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25215 At the end of July 2024, operetta collectors around the world lost a point of reference: Ernesto G. Oppicelli passed

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-operetta-collector-ernesto-g-oppicelli-passed-away/feed/ 0 Ohio Light Opera: The 2024 Saison in Wooster http://operetta-research-center.org/2024-saison-ohio-light-opera-harry-forbes/ http://operetta-research-center.org/2024-saison-ohio-light-opera-harry-forbes/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:27:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25201 In the decade or so that I’ve been attending Ohio Light Opera’s summer season of operettas and musicals, I continue

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/2024-saison-ohio-light-opera-harry-forbes/feed/ 0 „Venus in Seide“: Triumphales Comeback an der Oper Graz http://operetta-research-center.org/venus-seide-triumphales-comeback-oper-graz-robert-stolz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/venus-seide-triumphales-comeback-oper-graz-robert-stolz/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:09:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25078 Die Werke von Robert Stolz stehen derzeit nicht gerade hoch im Kurs. Manche zitieren Richard Strauss‘ Dictum, er sei ein

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/venus-seide-triumphales-comeback-oper-graz-robert-stolz/feed/ 0 Kálmáns „Marinka“ in Schrumpffassung an der Oper Graz http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:49:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25070 Irgendwie stehen die in Amerika entstandenen Werke emigrierter Komponisten (ob Korngold, Weill oder Kálmán etc.) in unseren Landen immer noch

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/feed/ 1 Operette und Musicals in der DDR: Ein Gespräch mit Werner P. Seiferth vom Metropoltheater http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:26:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21387 Übers Thema Operette in der DDR wird in letzter Zeit wieder mehr gesprochen. 2012 gab es in der Ausstellung Welt

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/feed/ 0 It’s Finally Here: Karin Meesmann’s Biography of Paul Ábrahám http://operetta-research-center.org/karin-meesmann-biography-paul-abraham-hollitzer/ http://operetta-research-center.org/karin-meesmann-biography-paul-abraham-hollitzer/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:13:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24632 Anyone interested in Paul Ábrahám will have known – or will have heard – that Karin Meesmann has been working

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/karin-meesmann-biography-paul-abraham-hollitzer/feed/ 0 “They Haven’t Lost Their Mojo”: The Ohio Light Opera Festival 2023 http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/#comments Sat, 27 May 2023 11:56:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24648 For the first time in four years, Ohio Light Opera has returned for a full indoor season of shows (though

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/feed/ 0 Linz & Wien: Zweimal „Gräfin Mariza“ von Thomas Enzinger http://operetta-research-center.org/graefin-mariza-linz-volksoper-wien-thomas-enzinger/ http://operetta-research-center.org/graefin-mariza-linz-volksoper-wien-thomas-enzinger/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 13:45:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24493 Kálmáns Gräfin Mariza ist (neben der Csardasfürstin) eine seiner perfektesten, beliebtesten und daher zu Recht jahrein jahraus, landauf landab, im

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