A Trip to Ohio. Or: Six Operettas (And More) in Four Days
For the last five days, I’ve been in Ohio. Yes, Ohio, USA. Yes, I know I said, years ago, that
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This Summer in Ohio: Seven Full-Scale Productions
Next week, the Ohio Light Opera is starting its 36th season – with 7 (in writing: seven!) productions on offer
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“Ball im Savoy”: Ábrahám’s Late American Premiere
Paul Abraham was, without doubt, the most „American“ sounding operetta composer in Europe in the early 1930s. His jazz-operettas, culminating
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Another “Zirkusprinzessin” in Baden’s Sommerarena
Some say we’re living in the “Age of Aquarius,” I say we’re living in the times of the Zirkusprinzessin. Or
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“Die Zirkusprinzessin” in Munich
Munich is getting a new Zirkusprinzessin, directed by Josef E. Köpplinger. That is, in itself and without doubt, a reason
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“Classic Ladies” in the Heart of Berlin
Tonight, right in the heart of Berlin and next to the football “Fan Mile”: A “Classic Ladies” concert on Gendarmenmarkt,
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A Swiss Operetta Discotheque: Comparing “Csárdásfürstin” CDs
The Swiss Radio SRF2 will dedicate a whole program to comparing Csárdásfürstin recordings on CD. The host of the show
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Exporting Operette: The World Is Not Enough
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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Kálmán’s Voodoo Magic: “Golden Dawn” (1927)
Fern von Europa und vom europäischen Markt vollkommen unbeachtet, kommt am 29. Juli 1930 in den USA die Verfilmung von
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Her Soldier’s Boy: Young World War Heroes Laid Bare
Yes, it’s memorial time. You’ll remember that 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1. There
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The Empress Josephine Revisited
Yes, she’s the Empress Josephine, and even 200 years after her death she still fascinates. Emmerich Kálmán wrote a whole
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Cheyenne Jackson: A New Kind of Operetta Hero?
It doesn’t happy very often that a recording takes my breath away. But the new West Side Story from San Francisco—of
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Kálmán’s “Arizona Lady”: Two Cowboys in 3/4-Time?
An interview with Charles Kálmán, the son of Emmerich Kálmán, on his father’s last operetta, “Arizona Lady”. Most people nowadays
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Kalman’s Tango-Operetta “Der kleine König” at Ohio This Summer
The Ohio Light Opera in Wooster (“America’s Premiere Lyric Theatre Festival”) has announced its 2014 season. It will make fans
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Kálmán Gala from Dresden: Happy New Year
So here it is, the Emmerich Kálmán gala from Dresden’s Semperoper on CD. Christian Thielemann is conducting the forces of
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Gefährliches Gift: Die „authentische“ Operette und was aus ihr nach 1933 wurde
Wie konnte das geschehen? Wie konnte aus der aktuellen, witzigen, frivolen und vor allem internationalen Kunstform Operette, die speziell in
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Oscar Hammerstein’s Complete Lyrics Tells the Story of One Man’s Struggle
Between 1943 and 1959, the lyricist-librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) and his composer partner, Richard Rodgers (1902–1979), transformed American popular
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Die transatlantische Operette: Vom Flirt des Operettenkomponisten Emmerich Kálmán mit dem Broadway
Ein dickes Buch, das sich aber flüssig liest. Gewiss Gelehrsamkeit, wie es sich für eine Dissertation gehört, doch kommt sie
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The Original Sounds of Operetta: Truesound Transfers
Die von der Firma Truesoundtranfers herausgegebene Serie mit Aufnahmen der Lustigen Witwe, des Graf von Luxemburg und der Zigeunerliebe in
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Holland en de operette: een reis in van de klinkende clichés
Waaraan denken de meeste toeristen het eerst als ze het woord “Holland” horen? Waarschijnlijk aan tulpen, molens, klompen, Delfts blauw,
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„Vienna Is Alarmed By Inroads of Jazz“
Kálmán’s ‘Duchess of Chicago’ Starts Controversy Over the Future of the Operetta./ American Influence Seen./ Composer Turns Attention to Efforts
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Kálmán’s “Die Herzogin von Chicago”
Der Lenz ist da.Nicht der von Hildach. Den gibt es das ganze Jahr. Im Theater an der Wien ist das
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