Operetta Research Center » Gustave Kerker 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 Gustave Kerker’s “The Belle of New York” Is Coming To Theater für Niedersachsen http://operetta-research-center.org/the-belle-of-new-york-theater-fur-niedersachsen-next-season/ http://operetta-research-center.org/the-belle-of-new-york-theater-fur-niedersachsen-next-season/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:19:08 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22221 It was originally planned for May 2021, but didn’t happen because of you-know-what. However, Theater für Niedersachen (TfN) didn’t give

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/the-belle-of-new-york-theater-fur-niedersachsen-next-season/feed/ 4 A Memorial For J D Wallace: The Man Who Turned “Belle of New York” Into The Biggest Hit Of Its Era http://operetta-research-center.org/memorial-j-d-wallace-man-turned-belle-new-york-biggest-hit-era/ http://operetta-research-center.org/memorial-j-d-wallace-man-turned-belle-new-york-biggest-hit-era/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:32:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17571 Today, in the expanses of Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Australia, with only the workmen as witnesses, a vacant-looking plot of earth

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/memorial-j-d-wallace-man-turned-belle-new-york-biggest-hit-era/feed/ 0 “Kismet” And Racist Stereotypes: The 1953 Wright/Forrest Show In Neustrelitz http://operetta-research-center.org/kismet-1953-wrightforrester-show-neustrelitz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kismet-1953-wrightforrester-show-neustrelitz/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:16:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17231 Is the ‘Musical Arabian Night’ in two acts by George Forrest and Robert Wright an operetta, with recycled music from

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kismet-1953-wrightforrester-show-neustrelitz/feed/ 1 “Pretty little China girl, velly, velly nice”: How Do You Revive Kerker’s “Belle of New York” Today? http://operetta-research-center.org/pretty-little-china-girl-velly-velly-nice-revive-kerkers-belle-new-york-today/ http://operetta-research-center.org/pretty-little-china-girl-velly-velly-nice-revive-kerkers-belle-new-york-today/#comments Mon, 25 Dec 2017 08:29:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13654 As a conductor and operetta researcher, I have been working, for the last month or so, on restoring the orchestral

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/pretty-little-china-girl-velly-velly-nice-revive-kerkers-belle-new-york-today/feed/ 5 Burning to Sing: Gustave Kerker’s Operetta Rediscovered http://operetta-research-center.org/burning-sing-gustave-kerkers-operetta-rediscovered/ http://operetta-research-center.org/burning-sing-gustave-kerkers-operetta-rediscovered/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:02:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/orca/?p=1980 It’s good to know that German operetta aficionados are busy rediscovering gems from the vaults of the genre’s history. And,

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