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The “Fake” Disney Princess: Diana Damrau Sings Operetta

kevin — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:50:46 +0000

So, here it is at last: Diana Damrau’s operetta album dedicated to the “life embracing side” of the genre and

kevin — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:31:36 +0000

There is no real shortage of Frau Luna recordings, the Paul Lincke classic from 1899 has always worked well as

kevin — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 11:09:54 +0000

This newly issued 2020 recording from CPO has rarely been out of my CD player since it arrived: it is

kevin — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:56:31 +0000

“Can music be innocent?“ That‘s the first sentence in the booklet to this new CD of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and

kevin — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:25:46 +0000

Did it really take until 2021 for a complete Countess Mariza recording to come out? Of course, there have been

kevin — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:14:43 +0000

My first ‘live’ encounter with Oscar Straus was attending a wonderfully inspired production of his first operetta Die lustigen Nibelungen

kevin — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:40:38 +0000

So here it is, finally: the live broadcast of Marc Minkowski’s performance of La Périchole with his Les Musiciens du

kevin — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 10:50:02 +0000

It’s not exactly a secret that Johann Strauss was a great dance music composer. Before he turned to operetta in

kevin — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:43:39 +0000

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding Johann Strauss’s final work for the stage, the ballet Aschenbrödel. Most of