Operetta Research Center » Erik Charell 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 Helmut G. Asper’s “Music in the Air: The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile” http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/ http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:02:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25828 In the introduction to his new book “Music in the Air”. The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile 1933–1950, Helmut

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/feed/ 0 The Return of “Ennobled” Operetta: Lehár, Thielemann, and an Unlearned Lesson http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/ http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:01:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25792 Berlin was—and in many ways still is—a center of operetta innovation. A reminder: in the 1920s, crucial impulses for renewing

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/feed/ 0 „Eine Bühne wie keine andere“: Interview mit Wolfgang Jansen zur Geschichte des Friedrichstadt-Palast http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/ http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:20:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25563 Der Theaterhistoriker Wolfgang Jansen widmet sich in seinem neuen Buch der Geschichte des Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin, in der Zeit 1945

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/feed/ 0 The Tragedy of Josepha and Leopold: “Im weißen Rössl“ in Braunschweig http://operetta-research-center.org/tragedy-josepha-leopold-im-weisen-rossl-braunschweig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tragedy-josepha-leopold-im-weisen-rossl-braunschweig/#comments Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:39:21 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25447 In Braunschweig, Germany, a new production of Im weißen Rössl by stage director Immo Karaman is causing quite a bit

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/tragedy-josepha-leopold-im-weisen-rossl-braunschweig/feed/ 0 The Musical Students of Osnabrück Make This “Rössl” Shine http://operetta-research-center.org/rossl-osnabruck-tobias-bonn-musical-students-hochschule/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rossl-osnabruck-tobias-bonn-musical-students-hochschule/#comments Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:11:01 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24877 At the Theater Osnabrück a new production of Im weißen Rössl is currently playing, a staging by Tobias Bonn of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rossl-osnabruck-tobias-bonn-musical-students-hochschule/feed/ 0 Berlin’s “Theater des Volkes”: The Dark Side of Germany’s Entertainment Industry http://operetta-research-center.org/theater-des-volkes-berlin-history-new-book-sabine-schneller-guido-herrmann/ http://operetta-research-center.org/theater-des-volkes-berlin-history-new-book-sabine-schneller-guido-herrmann/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2023 16:56:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24370 The history of Berliner Großes Schauspielhaus – birthplace of the great 1920s Eric Charell revues and especially of Im weißen

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/theater-des-volkes-berlin-history-new-book-sabine-schneller-guido-herrmann/feed/ 1 Turning “Die lustige Witwe” into a 1920s Revue in Dortmund http://operetta-research-center.org/turning-die-lustige-witwe-1920s-revue-operetta-dortmund/ http://operetta-research-center.org/turning-die-lustige-witwe-1920s-revue-operetta-dortmund/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:12:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23300 At Theater Dortmund a new version of Die lustige Witwe presents the Lehár show as “a revue operetta” with a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/turning-die-lustige-witwe-1920s-revue-operetta-dortmund/feed/ 1 Declaration of Bankruptcy? “L’Auberge du Cheval blanc” from the Opéra de Lausanne http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/ http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2022 10:50:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23217 Encountering Im weißen Rössl in its French version can be a joy, as anyone knows who has ever heard Bourvil

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/feed/ 3 Paul O’Montis: Biography Of A “Vortragskünstler” Adored By Elderly Ladies & Young Gentlemen http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:19:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22488 Most operetta fans will know Paul O’Montis because he made a famous recording of “Was kann der Sigismund dafür, dass

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/feed/ 3 Charell’s “Casanova” & Spoliansky’s “Zwei Krawatten“ Come To Staatsoperette Dresden http://operetta-research-center.org/charells-casanova-spolianskys-zwei-krawatten-come-dresden/ http://operetta-research-center.org/charells-casanova-spolianskys-zwei-krawatten-come-dresden/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2021 18:20:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22395 Using the famous line “Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau,” the artistic director of Staatsoperette Dresden, Kathrin Kondaurow, has presented her

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/charells-casanova-spolianskys-zwei-krawatten-come-dresden/feed/ 2 Arnold Bennett Discusses Operettas & Musicals: Journal Entries 1897-1928 http://operetta-research-center.org/arnold-bennett-journal-entries-1897-1928/ http://operetta-research-center.org/arnold-bennett-journal-entries-1897-1928/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2021 10:47:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22202 The English author Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) is best known as a novelist and playwright. He also kept a journal in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/arnold-bennett-journal-entries-1897-1928/feed/ 0 RSC: Reconstructing Erik Charell’s Shakespeare Adaptation “Swingin’ the Dream” http://operetta-research-center.org/rsc-brings-erik-charells-shakespeare-adaptation-swingin-dream-back-concert/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rsc-brings-erik-charells-shakespeare-adaptation-swingin-dream-back-concert/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:01:21 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21264 When the Shakespeare adaptation Swingin‘ the Dream opened on Broadway in 1939 it followed Erik Charell’s earlier XXL-sized Broadway hit

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