Posts Tagged 'Franz von Suppé'

The Cologne Collection: The Old EMI-Series Re-Released

It is often hugely fascinating to see how and where classic operetta recordings get recycled. Take for example the EMI

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Last week-end, there were various Gay Pride Marches in the USA, but also in Europe. Our colleagues at Playbill.com took

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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“Gender Studies” are something on everyone’s lips these days. Yet, somewhat surprisingly, the operetta world has hardly taken note of

Yes, I know. Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus is generally considered a classic Broadway musical. And rightly so. Still,

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Now, here’s a topic for a book publication to make our operetta hearts beat faster: Ein Bild von einem Mann

Franz von Suppé followed up his first great success with a full-length Operette, Fatinitza, with a second, three years later.

29/05/2010·1 comment·

Suppé had been writing theatre music ranging from songs for Singspiele, burlesque, farce and spectaculars to short and medium-sized Operetten

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It was about time that someone finally wrote a modern biography of one of the world’s greatest operetta pioneers: Franz