Ambitionierte Vergangenheitsbewältigung: „Lass uns die Welt vergessen – Volksoper 1938“
Zu ihrem 125-jährigen Jubiläum leistete sich die Wiener Volksoper eine Haupt- und Staatsaktion-Premiere mit dem etwas umständlichen Titel Lass uns
read moreZu ihrem 125-jährigen Jubiläum leistete sich die Wiener Volksoper eine Haupt- und Staatsaktion-Premiere mit dem etwas umständlichen Titel Lass uns
read moreVon den vielen tragischen Schicksalen jüdischer Operettenkomponisten (verfolgt, vertrieben, ermordet, selbst wenn sie im Exil überlebt haben, bei der Rückkehr
read moreVamps, policemen, harem dancers, waiters, dandies, grotesque dancing couples, and film stars populate the covers of early twentieth century sheet
read moreThe premiere of the new production of Lehár’s last operetta Giuditta is coming up at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. It’s
read morePaul Abrahám’s flavorsome jazz operetta, which premiered to great acclaim in 1932 Berlin at Großes Schauspielhaus, only to have its
read moreObviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola
read moreHere’s the curious case of Dona D. Vaughn and the state of operetta in 2020. As artistic director of opera
read moreIt might be imagined by those who underrate the virility of convention that the good old-fashioned musical comedy would not
read morePaul Abraham’s Ball im Savoy opened at Berlin’s Großes Schauspielhaus in December 1932 with a superstar cast – and was
read moreThe only way I can describe my reaction to this attractively packaged new Franz Lehár reader, published to coincide with
read moreIt’s hard to believe, but this is actually only the second fully staged production of Paul Abraham’s Märchen im Grand
read moreIm Jahr 2005 profilierte sich die Staatsoperette Dresden mit einer überregional vielbeachteten Konferenz, die den Titel Operette unterm Hakenkreuz trug.
read moreTea might be the only simple pleasure left to us, as Oscar Wilde once remarked. But you need to be
read moreAh yes, the Weimar Republic. Again? While the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin is currently showing a marvelous exhibition on
read moreGiuditta was the last of the series of darkly coloured romantic operettas (this one purposely titled ‘musikalische Komödie’) composed by
read moreThere are many reasons why one can fall head-over-heels for Lehar’s “musikalische Komödie” Giuditta, first produced in January 1934 at
read moreToday, 70 years ago, the concentration camp Buchenwald was liberated on April 12. From an operetta perspective this particular camp
read moreFranz Lehár was not the first to think of Goethe as an opera or operetta hero. There was the precedent
read moreDie gelbe Jacke, written to a libretto by the partner of Lehár’s earliest success, Der Rastelbinder (1902), and of his
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