Operetta Research Center » Guido Masanetz http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 02 May 2026 19:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 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 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 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 “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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gisela-frisco-bunbury-rediscovering-heiteres-musiktheater-ddr/feed/ 1 “Staat macht lustig? Zeitgenössische Operette im sozialistischen Rumänien und der DDR” http://operetta-research-center.org/deutschlandradio-kultur-staat-macht-lustig-zeitgenossische-operette-im-sozialistischen-rumanien-und-der-ddr/ http://operetta-research-center.org/deutschlandradio-kultur-staat-macht-lustig-zeitgenossische-operette-im-sozialistischen-rumanien-und-der-ddr/#comments Mon, 02 May 2016 07:04:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9729 On Monday, 9 May, Deutschlandradio Kultur will broadcast a 50-minute feature about operetta on socialist countries such as the DDR

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/deutschlandradio-kultur-staat-macht-lustig-zeitgenossische-operette-im-sozialistischen-rumanien-und-der-ddr/feed/ 0 DDR Operetta Composer Gerd Natschinski Dead http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-composer-gerd-natschinski-dead/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-composer-gerd-natschinski-dead/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:40:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7743 Outside of Germany, or more specifically East Germany, few people will know who Gerd Natschinski is. The composer who died

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-composer-gerd-natschinski-dead/feed/ 0 Heiteres Musiktheater schwelgt in Nostalgie: “In Frisco ist der Teufel los” http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-schwelgt-nostalgie-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-schwelgt-nostalgie-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2015 10:09:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7436 In Frisco ist der Teufel los war einer der größten Erfolge des „musikalischen Unterhaltungstheaters“ der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik – „Heiteres

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-schwelgt-nostalgie-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/feed/ 0 Concerts at the Musikalische Komödie: “In Frisco ist der Teufel los” http://operetta-research-center.org/concerts-musikalische-komodie-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/ http://operetta-research-center.org/concerts-musikalische-komodie-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:11:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7085 As a grand finale to the festival week 1000 Years Leipzig and the local street festival, the soloist, ballet and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/concerts-musikalische-komodie-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/feed/ 0 Opening of the Season in Leipzig – With “In Frisco ist der Teufel los” http://operetta-research-center.org/opening-season-leipzig-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/ http://operetta-research-center.org/opening-season-leipzig-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:35:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=4231 Did you know that the word „zapping“ comes from Wild West times and originally meant shooting down your opponent? Today,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/opening-season-leipzig-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los/feed/ 0 “Mein Freund Bunbury” Is Back in Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-back-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-back-leipzig/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 10:49:23 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=2846 Three cheers to the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig! They have just taken Gerd Natschinski’s famous DDR operetta Mein Freund Bunbury back

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