Operetta Research Center » Gerd Natschinski 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 Family Reunion: “Mein Freund Bunbury” in Annaberg-Buchholz http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:27:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25806 The revival cycle of DDR operettas continues. After the Komische Oper Berlin recently cancelled its planned production of Gerd Natschinski’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/family-reunion-mein-freund-bunbury-annaberg-buchholz/feed/ 0 The Unwelcome Genre: The Comeback of DDR Operettas http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:11:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25762 At long last, there is some movement in the engagement with “Heiteres Musiktheater”. In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), this

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/feed/ 0 Guido Masanetz’s “In Frisco ist der Teufel los“ Comes to Komische Oper http://operetta-research-center.org/komische-oper-operette-guido-masanetzs-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-comes-back-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/komische-oper-operette-guido-masanetzs-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-comes-back-berlin/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:17:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25527 After the Komische Oper Berlin had abruptly stopped her DDR operetta series – which was so far dedicated to the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/komische-oper-operette-guido-masanetzs-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-comes-back-berlin/feed/ 1 “Mein Freund Bunbury” Cancelled: The End of the Operetta Era at Komische Oper? http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:45:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25495 It came as something of a shock without any pre-warning: At the beginning of the new year the Komische Oper

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 0 “Messeschlager Gisela” Revived in Cottbus – Without the Queer Elements http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/ http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:50:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25641 What was working life like in state-owned enterprises (Volkseigene Betriebe = VEB) in the DDR around 1960 – what dreams

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/feed/ 0 “Messeschager Gisela” – Axel Ranisch Stages Gerd Natschinski’s 1960 Hit http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operette-messeschager-gisela-rendezvous-gerd-natschinski-axel-ranisch-adam-benzwi/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operette-messeschager-gisela-rendezvous-gerd-natschinski-axel-ranisch-adam-benzwi/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:10:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25085 It’s the third attempt in Berlin to breathe new life into the forgotten sub-genre “Heiteres Musiktheater der DDR”, i.e. musicals

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operette-messeschager-gisela-rendezvous-gerd-natschinski-axel-ranisch-adam-benzwi/feed/ 0 The Memoirs of Gerd Natschinski. Or: Whatever Happened To DDR Operettas? http://operetta-research-center.org/gerd-natschinski-ddr-operettas/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gerd-natschinski-ddr-operettas/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:59:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11881 It’s a sad fact that the West-German publishers Schott and Bärenreiter – who took over the performance material for many

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gerd-natschinski-ddr-operettas/feed/ 3 Operette und Musicals in der DDR: Ein Gespräch mit Werner P. Seiferth vom Metropoltheater http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:26:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21387 Übers Thema Operette in der DDR wird in letzter Zeit wieder mehr gesprochen. 2012 gab es in der Ausstellung Welt

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/feed/ 0 “Prinz von Preußen”: DDR Musicals Revived in Görlitz and Dresden http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-goerlitz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-goerlitz/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:07:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23988 The theater in Görlitz had planned to bring back the 1978 DDR musical Prinz von Preußen by Dieter Brand and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-goerlitz/feed/ 0 A Revived Interest In “Heiteres Musiktheater der DDR”? It’s Not Just About Nostalgia http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:08:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21140 Recently, Wolfgang Jansen published a collection of essays dealing with “Popular Music Theater under Socialism,” an aspect of 20th century

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/feed/ 1 Focus On DDR Operetta: “Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten” At Musikalische Komödie Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-bretter-die-die-welt-bedeuten-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-bretter-die-die-welt-bedeuten-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:56:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19972 Various opera houses in German speaking countries have presented new or adapted programs for their fall season, with productions they

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-bretter-die-die-welt-bedeuten-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/feed/ 0 “Gisela, Frisco, Bunbury”: Rediscovering “Heiteres Musiktheater” From The DDR http://operetta-research-center.org/gisela-frisco-bunbury-rediscovering-heiteres-musiktheater-ddr/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gisela-frisco-bunbury-rediscovering-heiteres-musiktheater-ddr/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:06:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19014 It’s mind boggling that the entire operetta repertoire created and performed in the former DDR between 1949 and 1990 has

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