Operetta Research Center » Gitta Alpar 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 DIE DUBARRY: Carl Millöcker’s Operette Adapted By Theo Mackeben http://operetta-research-center.org/die-dubarry-operette-carl-millocker-adapted-theo-mackeben/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-dubarry-operette-carl-millocker-adapted-theo-mackeben/#comments Tue, 17 May 2022 20:57:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23607 This update of the original 1879 Carl Millöcker operetta was created by Paul Knepler and Ignaz M Welleminsky who turned

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/die-dubarry-operette-carl-millocker-adapted-theo-mackeben/feed/ 2 Basic Operetta Opinions: 11 Questions For Ethel Merhaut http://operetta-research-center.org/11-operetta-questions-ethel-merhaut/ http://operetta-research-center.org/11-operetta-questions-ethel-merhaut/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:32:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21642 Soprano Ethel Merhaut is part of the “young musical scene of Vienna” and likes to “use lots of charme and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/11-operetta-questions-ethel-merhaut/feed/ 0 Tackling A Tauber Role: Sebastian Kohlhepp In “Schön ist die Welt” From The Bavarian State Opera http://operetta-research-center.org/tackling-tauber-role-sebastian-kohlhepp-schon-ist-die-welt-bavarian-state-opera/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tackling-tauber-role-sebastian-kohlhepp-schon-ist-die-welt-bavarian-state-opera/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:15:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21312 Okay, Munich has the Gärtnerplatztheater and thus a center of operetta “maintenance” in Germany which competes with Staatsoperette Dresden, Musikalische

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/tackling-tauber-role-sebastian-kohlhepp-schon-ist-die-welt-bavarian-state-opera/feed/ 0 “Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945” By Adrian Wright http://operetta-research-center.org/cheer-british-musical-films-1929-1945-adrian-wright/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cheer-british-musical-films-1929-1945-adrian-wright/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:13:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19829 In a preface to Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945, author Adrian Wright tells us that British Film Studios made

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-ball-im-savoy-koblenz/feed/ 0 Rosa von Praunheim’s “Jeder Idiot hat eine Oma, nur ich nicht”: The Revival of Cabaret Operetta? http://operetta-research-center.org/rosa-von-praunheims-jeder-idiot-hat-eine-oma-nur-ich-nicht-revival-cabaret-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rosa-von-praunheims-jeder-idiot-hat-eine-oma-nur-ich-nicht-revival-cabaret-operetta/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13896 The format of the cabaret operetta has fallen out of favor, somewhat. 100 years ago, theaters all over the world

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rosa-von-praunheims-jeder-idiot-hat-eine-oma-nur-ich-nicht-revival-cabaret-operetta/feed/ 0 Csárdás Interruptus: Three Kálmán CDs With Historical Recordings From The USA http://operetta-research-center.org/csardas-interruptus-three-kalman-cds-historical-recordings-usa/ http://operetta-research-center.org/csardas-interruptus-three-kalman-cds-historical-recordings-usa/#comments Sat, 23 Dec 2017 08:56:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13606 Back in 1997, Michael Miller, the chair of the Ohio Light Opera Board of Directors, and president of the Operetta

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/csardas-interruptus-three-kalman-cds-historical-recordings-usa/feed/ 0 Viennese Operetta Gems 1927-1949: A Classic Naxos Compilation http://operetta-research-center.org/viennese-operetta-gems-naxos/ http://operetta-research-center.org/viennese-operetta-gems-naxos/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:56:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11619 Any operetta compilation that starts with Charles Kullmann singing “Als flotter Geist, doch früh verwaist” like this has my immediate

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