Operetta Research Center » Gender Studies 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 A Bold New “Sissy”: Gender-Reversed Kreisler Triumphs in Bremen http://operetta-research-center.org/frank-hilbrich-bold-new-sissy-gender-reversed-operetta-triumphs-bremen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/frank-hilbrich-bold-new-sissy-gender-reversed-operetta-triumphs-bremen/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:47:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25747 When the Theater am Goetheplatz unveiled its new production of Sissy, the 1932 operetta by violin virtuoso–turned–composer Fritz Kreisler with

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/frank-hilbrich-bold-new-sissy-gender-reversed-operetta-triumphs-bremen/feed/ 3 Routlegde’s “Genre Beyond Borders: Reassessing Operetta” http://operetta-research-center.org/routlegdes-genre-beyond-borders-reassessing-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/routlegdes-genre-beyond-borders-reassessing-operetta/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:35:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25145 Back in the year 2019, the University of Leeds hosted an conference put together by Derek B. Scott and Anastasia

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/routlegdes-genre-beyond-borders-reassessing-operetta/feed/ 0 Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture: An Interview with Laurence Senelick http://operetta-research-center.org/jacques-offenbach-making-modern-culture-interview-prof-laurence-senelick/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jacques-offenbach-making-modern-culture-interview-prof-laurence-senelick/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2023 06:00:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14602 At long last someone has written a brand new Offenbach book – in English. And what’s even better, it’s a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jacques-offenbach-making-modern-culture-interview-prof-laurence-senelick/feed/ 3 Benatzky’s “Meine Schwester und Ich“ at Theater Vorpommern http://operetta-research-center.org/benatzkys-meine-schwester-und-ich-theater-vorpommern/ http://operetta-research-center.org/benatzkys-meine-schwester-und-ich-theater-vorpommern/#comments Sun, 15 May 2022 18:12:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23591 The Theater Vorpommern is a company that plays in various cities near the Baltic Sea in North-East Germany. Its opera

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/benatzkys-meine-schwester-und-ich-theater-vorpommern/feed/ 0 Christiane Rösinger’s “Planet Egalia”: A Sci-Fi Operetta About Feminism and Queerness? http://operetta-research-center.org/christiane-rosingers-planet-egalia-sci-fi-operetta-feminism-queerness/ http://operetta-research-center.org/christiane-rosingers-planet-egalia-sci-fi-operetta-feminism-queerness/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:07:39 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23021 The world of science fiction is somewhat underexplored when it comes to operetta. Even though Offenbach famously wrote Le voyage

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/christiane-rosingers-planet-egalia-sci-fi-operetta-feminism-queerness/feed/ 0 „Eine Stimme für Deutschland“: Grüne Fotze vs. genderfluide AfD-Kandidatin http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-stimme-fur-deutschland-grune-fotze-vs-genderfluide-afd-kandidatin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-stimme-fur-deutschland-grune-fotze-vs-genderfluide-afd-kandidatin/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:48:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22054 Politiksatiren können ganz wunderbar als Musical oder Operette funktionieren, wie nicht nur Jacques Offenbach im 19. Jahrhundert immer wieder gezeigt

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-stimme-fur-deutschland-grune-fotze-vs-genderfluide-afd-kandidatin/feed/ 0 “I Would Like To See More Women Writing About Operetta”: Micaela Baranello Discusses Her Book “The Operetta Empire” http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/ http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/#comments Sat, 29 May 2021 09:25:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21918 The US-American musicologist Micaela Baranello joined the Department of Music at the University of Arkansas in 2017 and has recently

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/feed/ 3 “Inselzauber”: Landesbühne Sachsen Streams Offenbach’s Genderqueer “Island Of Tulipatan” http://operetta-research-center.org/inselzauber-landesbuhne-sachsen-streams-offenbachs-island-tulipatan/ http://operetta-research-center.org/inselzauber-landesbuhne-sachsen-streams-offenbachs-island-tulipatan/#comments Fri, 07 May 2021 09:19:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21868 Due to Corona, Landesbühnen Sachsen in Germany put on two small scale one-acters last year: Offenbach’s The Island of Tulipatan

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/inselzauber-landesbuhne-sachsen-streams-offenbachs-island-tulipatan/feed/ 0 Marktplätze, Kampfzonen und Elysium: Zwei neue Bände zu „Musik und Gesellschaft“ http://operetta-research-center.org/marktplatzen-kampfzonen-und-elysium-zwei-bande-zu-musik-und-gesellschaft/ http://operetta-research-center.org/marktplatzen-kampfzonen-und-elysium-zwei-bande-zu-musik-und-gesellschaft/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:17:29 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20437 Beim Verlag Königshausen & Neumann ist soeben in zwei Bänden Musik und Gesellschaft erschienen, mit den Schlagwörtern „Marktplätze – Kampfzonen

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/marktplatzen-kampfzonen-und-elysium-zwei-bande-zu-musik-und-gesellschaft/feed/ 0 The Revival Of Burlesque In Times Of Gender Debates: “Die 5 Glorreichen Sieben” http://operetta-research-center.org/burlesque-die-5-glorreichen-sieben/ http://operetta-research-center.org/burlesque-die-5-glorreichen-sieben/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:27:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18449 They are certainly five magnificent cowboys, but with a twist. The fact that they dance an Offenbach pas de deux

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/burlesque-die-5-glorreichen-sieben/feed/ 0 “The Pa! The Ma! And the Shah!”: Offenbach’s “Island of Tulipatan” As A “Persian Operatic Bouffonerie” http://operetta-research-center.org/pa-ma-shah-offenbachs-island-tulipatan-persian-operatic-bouffonerie/ http://operetta-research-center.org/pa-ma-shah-offenbachs-island-tulipatan-persian-operatic-bouffonerie/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2019 10:20:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18016 The one-act l‘île de Tulipatan, written by Jacques Offenbach with his librettists Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru in 1868 for

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/pa-ma-shah-offenbachs-island-tulipatan-persian-operatic-bouffonerie/feed/ 1 Sex, Gender Fluidity, Abortion & Operetta in Northern Ireland: The Offenbach Bicentenary Festival http://operetta-research-center.org/sex-gender-abortion-operetta-northern-ireland-opera-offenbach-festival/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sex-gender-abortion-operetta-northern-ireland-opera-offenbach-festival/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:20:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17959 In August 2019, Northern Ireland Opera presents an Offenbach Bicentenary Festival. The choice of shows for this festival is remarkable, because

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