RSC: Reconstructing Erik Charell’s Shakespeare Adaptation “Swingin’ the Dream”
When the Shakespeare adaptation Swingin‘ the Dream opened on Broadway in 1939 it followed Erik Charell’s earlier XXL-sized Broadway hit
read moreWhen the Shakespeare adaptation Swingin‘ the Dream opened on Broadway in 1939 it followed Erik Charell’s earlier XXL-sized Broadway hit
read moreThe Austrian newspaper Der Standard has added a forgotten film operetta to their DVD series “Der österreichische Film”, a movie
read moreThere’s a lot happening in the world of theater right now, not just because of Corona and the ongoing lockdown
read moreIt’s going to happen: Berlin will get an “Exilmuseum,” a museum dedicated to the stories of those who went into
read moreHas the long waiting finally come to an end, is post-Corona operetta back? After the somewhat problematic “Jewish and Gay”
read moreToday, 90 years ago on 1 April 1930, the famous film Der blaue Engel premiered in Berlin’s Gloria Palace. It
read moreWhen I was about eight years old I have vivid memories of my mother doing the housework, continually singing “Oh,
read moreAs I sit watching the current TV series Fosse/Verdon, starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams as two show business legends,
read moreThe Ischl Lehár Festival has announced what you may expect in 2019 – with the new artistic director Thomas Enzinger.
read moreJust when you think there cannot, possibly, be any more Im weißen Rössl stuff coming your way – there is!
read moreOver the past twenty years, German-speaking operetta has been enjoying a revival, especially Berlin operettas of the Weimar Republic by
read moreThe lyricists behind our classic pop songs are generally unknown or forgotten. Robert Gilbert (pseuydonym of Robert Winterfeld, 1899–1978) wrote
read moreThere are many events and exhibitions, TV documentaries and newspaper articles in circulations right now in Germany, commemorating the end
read moreIt will come as no surprise when I say that Im weißen Rössl holds an extra-special place in my heart,
read moreThe overwhelming and instant success of Erik Charell’s operetta spectacle Im weißen Rössl at Berlin’s Großes Schauspielhaus (the so-called “Theater
read moreIt is astonishing that one of the main elements of almost every operetta – dance! – is so undervalued today.
read moreErik Charell, the director of the original film version of Der Kongress tanzt, labored long and hard to bring his
read moreLast weekend, the Royal Musical Association devoted one of its study days to what has controversially been described as the
read moreHas operetta research shifted gear? One could think so, considering that there are finally in-depth academic studies coming out that
read moreThere are a few ‘musicals’ written in the last seventy years which, because of both the specific quality of their
read moreDie Wirkungsgeschichte von Ikonen folgt eigenen Maßstäben. Und die von Claire Waldoff ganz besonders. Denn die Lieder und Aufnahmen der
read moreIf you grew up as a kid in Germany, you probably learned early from a famous TV program to always
read moreHere is a splashy new biography of “Broadway’s Greatest Producer,” Florenz Ziegfeld, written by the team of the Brideson sisters,
read moreThe White Horse Inn at the Central Park – an Austrian operetta staged in New York in the 1940s? Yes,
read moreTo tell the truth: Im weißen Rössl at the Neustrelitz open air operetta festival was fascinating! For a start, I
read moreDas Weiße Rössl am Central Park – eine österreichische Kultoperette im New York der 40er Jahre? 1941 und 1947 war
read moreIt’s rare, these days, to encounter such personal enthusiasm for operetta history as is demonstrated in the picturesque town of
read moreNach der sogenannten „Stunde Null“ am 8. Mai 1945 hatten die Menschen in Deutschland mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit andere Sorgen, als sich
read moreIt is one man’s enthusiasm that made this possible: the hotel owner Jürgen Haase from Neustrelitz – a picturesque town
read moreThe one and only Steve Ross returns to the Café Sabarsky, that fabelhaft cabaret in New York’s Neue Galerie, 1048
read moreDie singende Entertainerin und TV-Phänomen Desirée Nick ist derzeit in der Sat1-Show Promi Big Brother zu bestaunen (und so ziemlich
read moreTo say that I was surprised would be putting it mildly. Here I was, at the opening of the grand
read moreYes, there is more: more White Horse Inn. (Hooray!) The Paris-Lodron Univeristy Salzburg, together with the Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck, is
read moreYou all know that the Congress of Vienna in 1815 is the historical backdrop to quite a few famous operettas
read moreWhen a production of White Horse Inn starts with a new overture and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” – segueing into
read moreIf you’re watching this space, you might have registered some recent frustration with current operetta conductors who were not quite
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