Operetta Research Center » Fritz Löhner http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Lehár’s “Giuditta”: The Splendour and Misery of the Exchangeable http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-lehars-giuditta-essay-mathias-spohr/ http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-lehars-giuditta-essay-mathias-spohr/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2024 09:26:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25311 To speak of the genre of Viennese operetta as having a kind of Hegelian spirit, with a life course from

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/franz-lehars-giuditta-essay-mathias-spohr/feed/ 12 Ambitionierte Vergangenheitsbewältigung: „Lass uns die Welt vergessen – Volksoper 1938“ http://operetta-research-center.org/vergangenheitsbewaltigung-lass-uns-die-welt-vergessen-volksoper-1938/ http://operetta-research-center.org/vergangenheitsbewaltigung-lass-uns-die-welt-vergessen-volksoper-1938/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:02:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24959 Zu ihrem 125-jährigen Jubiläum leistete sich die Wiener Volksoper eine Haupt- und Staatsaktion-Premiere mit dem etwas umständlichen Titel Lass uns

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/vergangenheitsbewaltigung-lass-uns-die-welt-vergessen-volksoper-1938/feed/ 1 Sensationelle Wiederentdeckung von Joseph Beers „Prinz von Schiras“ http://operetta-research-center.org/wiederentdeckung-joseph-beer-prinz-von-schiras-regensburg/ http://operetta-research-center.org/wiederentdeckung-joseph-beer-prinz-von-schiras-regensburg/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:22:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24950 Von den vielen tragischen Schicksalen jüdischer Operettenkomponisten (verfolgt, vertrieben, ermordet, selbst wenn sie im Exil überlebt haben, bei der Rückkehr

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/wiederentdeckung-joseph-beer-prinz-von-schiras-regensburg/feed/ 0 Exploring Evelin Förster’s New Book Project: German Illustrated Sheet Music Covers as a Mirror of Society http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/ http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:08:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23408 Vamps, policemen, harem dancers, waiters, dandies, grotesque dancing couples, and film stars populate the covers of early twentieth century sheet

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/feed/ 0 Lehár’s “Giuditta” As A Mash-Up With Ödön von Horváth’s “Sladek, Or: The Black Army” http://operetta-research-center.org/lehars-giuditta-mash-odon-von-horvaths-sladek-black-army/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lehars-giuditta-mash-odon-von-horvaths-sladek-black-army/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:27:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23097 The premiere of the new production of Lehár’s last operetta Giuditta is coming up at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. It’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lehars-giuditta-mash-odon-von-horvaths-sladek-black-army/feed/ 1 World Premiere Recording of Ábrahám’s Jazzy 1932 “Ball at the Savoy” In English http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:07:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21947 Paul Abrahám’s flavorsome jazz operetta, which premiered to great acclaim in 1932 Berlin at Großes Schauspielhaus, only to have its

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/feed/ 0 Dumbing Down Operetta: Thomas Macho’s New Lehár Movie On Arte http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:55:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21120 Obviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/feed/ 1 Cancel Culture Reaches “Land des Lächelns” At Manhattan School Of Music http://operetta-research-center.org/cancel-culture-reaches-land-des-lachelns-manhattan-school-music/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cancel-culture-reaches-land-des-lachelns-manhattan-school-music/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:48:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20304 Here’s the curious case of Dona D. Vaughn and the state of operetta in 2020. As artistic director of opera

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cancel-culture-reaches-land-des-lachelns-manhattan-school-music/feed/ 7 “Ball at the Savoy”: An “Alluring Hotch-Potch” At Drury Lane (1933) http://operetta-research-center.org/ball-savoy-alluring-hotch-potch-drury-lane-1933/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ball-savoy-alluring-hotch-potch-drury-lane-1933/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:34:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19946 It might be imagined by those who underrate the virility of convention that the good old-fashioned musical comedy would not

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ball-savoy-alluring-hotch-potch-drury-lane-1933/feed/ 0 Ábrahám’s “Ball at the Savoy” At Drury Lane In A 1933 Oscar Hammerstein Production http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/ http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:36:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19926 Paul Abraham’s Ball im Savoy opened at Berlin’s Großes Schauspielhaus in December 1932 with a superstar cast – and was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/feed/ 3 Embarrassment of Riches? A New Franz Lehár Reader At Böhlau Publishing http://operetta-research-center.org/embarrassment-riches-new-franz-lehar-reader-bohlau-publishing/ http://operetta-research-center.org/embarrassment-riches-new-franz-lehar-reader-bohlau-publishing/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:38:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19519 The only way I can describe my reaction to this attractively packaged new Franz Lehár reader, published to coincide with

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/embarrassment-riches-new-franz-lehar-reader-bohlau-publishing/feed/ 0 Bringing Back Abraham: “Märchen Im Grand Hotel” At Staatstheater Hannover http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-marchen-im-grand-hotel-staatstheater-hannover/ http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-marchen-im-grand-hotel-staatstheater-hannover/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:57:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18573 It’s hard to believe, but this is actually only the second fully staged production of Paul Abraham’s Märchen im Grand

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