Kálmán’s “Faschingsfee” Live From Gärtnerplatz Theater Munich
Kálmán’s Faschingsfee started her phenomenal career abroad, to be exact: in Budapest and New York City. First the show premiered
read moreKálmán’s Faschingsfee started her phenomenal career abroad, to be exact: in Budapest and New York City. First the show premiered
read more“The Gay Hussars”? I admit, the title of the 1909 Broadway version of Emmerich Kalman’s first operetta hit Tatájárás caught
read moreMind the apostrophes! The recent revival of Paul Lincke’s Frau Luna at Tipi am Kanzleramt is a firm reference point
read moreKálmán composed Kaiserin Josephine after his ‘regular’ first night theater, the Theater an der Wien, had gone bankrupt as a
read moreOn Saturday, October 20, exactly 90 years after its world premiere, the curtain will rise on Emmerich Kálmán’s Die Herzogin
read moreOn 20 October, Theater Magdeburg premieres a new production of Kalman’s Gräfin Mariza. The composer’s daughter Yvonne is expected as
read moreRecently, a review of a new Land des Lächelns production by Guy Montavon at Oper Wuppertal sparked a debate about
read moreIn the case of an artist of the caliber of Katharine Mehrling it’s obviously worth sticking around until the very
read moreIt can be exciting to re-imagine and re-interpret beloved shows: we are witnessing this, again and again, in modern musical
read moreEnterprising Ohio Light Opera, ever devoted to ‘authentic’ productions from the world of musical comedy and operetta, seems to go
read moreIt’s this time of year when theaters around Germany and Austria are advertising their upcoming productions for the 2018/19 season.
read moreEvery self-respecting operetta company needs a production of one of the 20th century’s greatest operettas: Kalman’s Die Csardasfürstin. Whether Dresden
read moreIn a 2018 essay entitled Das Webvideo als Flaschenpost, or “the web video as message in a bottle,” Chris Tedjasukmana
read moreEmmerich Kálmán’s Die Faschingsfee had a very chequered history in its first few years. It was first seen in Budapest
read moreThe Geschwister Pfister – a German-Swiss-Croatian comedy trio – have written operetta history, many times over. Yes, they were the
read moreThe unpretentious German city of Giessen has a population of 78,000 and boasts two fine buildings: the railway station and
read moreBack in June 2012, Marion Linhardt from the University of Bayreuth presented a paper on the Eysler operetta Künstlerblut in
read moreBack in 1997, Michael Miller, the chair of the Ohio Light Opera Board of Directors, and president of the Operetta
read moreVictor Léon (1858-1940) hat im Lauf seiner mehr als fünfzigjährigen Theater-Karriere über hundert Bühnenstücke geschrieben, knapp die Hälfte davon wird
read moreAt the beginning of December, the winners of this year’s Bundeswettbewerb Gesang presented themselves at the Friedrichstadt Palast in Berlin,
read moreWe recently reported on the new Emmerich Kálmán Research Centre that will open in Budapest. It’s an academic institution funded
read moreI have just seen the much-heralded Budapest Operetta Theatre’s re-imagining of Kálmán’s 1928 musical mashup, Die Herzogin von Chicago, at
read moreIt was a dazzling party: Yvonne Kalman celebrated her 80th birthday last week-end in Budapest as a big gala event,
read moreWriting these annual roundups of Ohio Light Opera’s summer festival – run with consistent panache by Artistic Director Steven Daigle
read moreThis dashing young musical comedy guy, born 1990 in Germany’s Black Forrest region near Karlsruhe, just ventured far into “enemy
read moreThe Hungarian Herman Ottó Muzeum has announced that it has debuted in Moscow with a solo exhibition. At the end
read moreThe luxurious little spa town Baden bei Wien – 45 minutes from the center of Vienna by tram – considers
read moreMost operetta fans will remember Berlin-based tenor Endrik Wottrich because he sings the male lead in Kalman’s Die Herzogin von
read moreAnyone who is even remotely interested in the history of German language operetta knows that Bad Ischl – a kind
read moreOn Nagymezó, the historic theatre street of Budapest, a bronze statue of operetta composer Emmerich Kálmán sits on the end
read morePerhaps it was only a matter of time before someone hired choreographer Otto Pichler to stage an operetta all by
read moreBerlin’s Komische Oper and its artistic director Barrie Kosky are always good for a surprise, most certainly when it comes
read moreCan this really be happening, is Arthaus-Unitel seriously re-issuing all of these old TV operetta adaptations from the early 1970s
read moreAny operetta compilation that starts with Charles Kullmann singing “Als flotter Geist, doch früh verwaist” like this has my immediate
read moreThe nomadic company of Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz has staged a rare, highly successful and most enjoyable revival of Kalman’s 1917
read moreThe Vienna Volksoper’s new staging – their first since 1988 – of Die Zirkusprinzessin is unashamedly old-fashioned – and there’s
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