Ohio Light Opera: The 2024 Saison in Wooster
In the decade or so that I’ve been attending Ohio Light Opera’s summer season of operettas and musicals, I continue
read moreIn the decade or so that I’ve been attending Ohio Light Opera’s summer season of operettas and musicals, I continue
read moreÜbers Thema Operette in der DDR wird in letzter Zeit wieder mehr gesprochen. 2012 gab es in der Ausstellung Welt
read moreFranz Lehár’s 1929 hit Das Land des Lächelns, written for star tenor Richard Tauber and containing the ever popular “Dein
read moreAnyone interested in Paul Ábrahám will have known – or will have heard – that Karin Meesmann has been working
read moreIn the past, Barrie Kosky has shunned the works of Franz Lehár. His operetta focus has been on works by
read moreOne should have known this would happen. If you hire the 70-year-old Christoph Marthaler, you get exactly that: Marthaler. He
read moreThe premiere of the new production of Lehár’s last operetta Giuditta is coming up at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. It’s
read moreThe English author Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) is best known as a novelist and playwright. He also kept a journal in
read moreOf course he wasn’t going to present his last season as intendant of Komische Oper Berlin via Zoom or only
read moreYou need to read this announcement very carefully: the opera house in Dortmund has released a statement that says they
read moreThere are those who consider stage director Christoph Marthaler a genius, because he takes the speed out of stories and
read moreThe US-American musicologist Micaela Baranello joined the Department of Music at the University of Arkansas in 2017 and has recently
read moreThe history of Die lustige Witwe has fascinated us, here at the Operetta Research Center, immensely over the past months.
read moreRejoice greatly! There’s another big English language book on operetta, following last year’s Cambridge Companion to Operetta. This new publication
read moreAustrian author and feminist activist Marlene Streeruwitz spoke out against the patriotic “kitsch culture” in her homeland in an interview
read moreWho said that operettas don’t make headlines anymore? And that super stars from Hollywood wouldn’t be interested in the genre
read moreYes, it’s great to see that a younger generation of rising “star” conductors is expressing interest in operetta. More than
read moreOn 27 January, 1945 the Nazi concentration in Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet Army. Memorial speeches all over the
read moreOkay, Munich has the Gärtnerplatztheater and thus a center of operetta “maintenance” in Germany which competes with Staatsoperette Dresden, Musikalische
read moreObviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola
read more“The Art of Operetta“ is the headline on the cover of the December issue of Gramophone magazine from the UK.
read moreThe 2nd wave Corona lockdown has made operetta performances virtually impossible in many countries, and it looks like it might
read moreDevotees of classic Hollywood musicals – the sort that are the staple of Turner Classic Movies – will know Hungarian
read moreElsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886. Her mother was
read moreAfter beginning her singing career as a teenager in the chorus of a New York revue, Miss MacDonald (born in
read moreAfter an early career spent performing in cafés and suburban music halls, Maurice Chevalier (born in Ménilmontant on 12 September,
read moreA child of mysterious origins (she was rumoured, when fame came, to have been the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat
read moreHarvard-educated Henry Wilson Savage was born in New Durham (New Hampshire) on 21 March 1859 and well established as a
read moreA descendant of the painter Henry Inman, Miss Jackson was born in New York on 3 February 1877. She studied
read moreDonald Brian was the bright-eyed and boyish star of more than 20 years of Broadway operettas and musicals, among them the
read moreJoseph Coyne was a light comedy actor-who-sings who moved from silly-ass rôles in his native America to stardom as Britain’s
read moreBeim Verlag Königshausen & Neumann ist soeben in zwei Bänden Musik und Gesellschaft erschienen, mit den Schlagwörtern „Marktplätze – Kampfzonen
read moreThere’s an increasingly firece discussion about supposed “racism” in operetta. Recently, a production of Franz Lehár’s Land des Lächelns at
read moreHere’s the curious case of Dona D. Vaughn and the state of operetta in 2020. As artistic director of opera
read moreThe aspect that initially drew my attention to this brand new re-release of The Merry Widow in “hi-fidelity stereo” was
read moreThe other day I had a long transatlantic phone conversation with an US-American operetta researcher I greatly admire for his
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