Operetta Research Center » Hagedorn & Grimminger 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 Turning “Die lustige Witwe” into a 1920s Revue in Dortmund http://operetta-research-center.org/turning-die-lustige-witwe-1920s-revue-operetta-dortmund/ http://operetta-research-center.org/turning-die-lustige-witwe-1920s-revue-operetta-dortmund/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:12:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23300 At Theater Dortmund a new version of Die lustige Witwe presents the Lehár show as “a revue operetta” with a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/turning-die-lustige-witwe-1920s-revue-operetta-dortmund/feed/ 1 “Roxy und ihr Wunderteam” Comes To Bühne Burgäschi In 2022 http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/ http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:53:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23009 So, the success story continues: the recently rediscovered “vaudeville operetta” Roxy und ihr Wunderteam by Paul Abraham will come to

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/feed/ 0 Thomas Enzinger Claims To Reconstruct The 1928 “Lustige Witwe” In Dortmund http://operetta-research-center.org/thomas-enzinger-1920s-lustige-witwe-dortmund/ http://operetta-research-center.org/thomas-enzinger-1920s-lustige-witwe-dortmund/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:41:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22155 You need to read this announcement very carefully: the opera house in Dortmund has released a statement that says they

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/thomas-enzinger-1920s-lustige-witwe-dortmund/feed/ 0 World Premiere Recording of Ábrahám’s Jazzy 1932 “Ball at the Savoy” In English http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:07:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21947 Paul Abrahám’s flavorsome jazz operetta, which premiered to great acclaim in 1932 Berlin at Großes Schauspielhaus, only to have its

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/feed/ 0 “Ball im Savoy” From Estonia, Arranged & Sung By Mart Sander http://operetta-research-center.org/ball-im-savoy-estonia-arranged-mart-sander/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ball-im-savoy-estonia-arranged-mart-sander/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:39:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21246 When I visited Tallinn in 2016 and saw that they were playing Ball im Savoy at the Estonian National Opera,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ball-im-savoy-estonia-arranged-mart-sander/feed/ 0 Heymann, Offenbach & Ábrahám: New Albums And Concerts With The Capitol Symphony Orchestra http://operetta-research-center.org/heymann-offenbach-capitol-symphony-orchestra/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heymann-offenbach-capitol-symphony-orchestra/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:19:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18494 Here’s something truly special: an album of Werner Richard Heymann’s symphonic music that has not been available acoustically earlier and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/heymann-offenbach-capitol-symphony-orchestra/feed/ 0 Ein Interview mit Henning Hagedorn über die Rekonstruktion (und das Spielen) von Ábraháms Zentralpartituren http://operetta-research-center.org/interview-mit-henning-hagedorn-uber-die-rekonstruktion-von-abraham-partituren/ http://operetta-research-center.org/interview-mit-henning-hagedorn-uber-die-rekonstruktion-von-abraham-partituren/#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2018 11:19:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15607 Herr Hagedorn, seit Sie mit Ihrem Kollegen Matthias Grimminger angefangen haben für den WDR und die dortige Ábrahám-Aufführungsserie Partituren von

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/interview-mit-henning-hagedorn-uber-die-rekonstruktion-von-abraham-partituren/feed/ 1 “Im weißen Rössl” At Renaissance Theater Berlin: Drowning A Fun Show In Melancholy http://operetta-research-center.org/im-weisen-rossl-renaissance-theater-berlin-drowning-show-melancholy/ http://operetta-research-center.org/im-weisen-rossl-renaissance-theater-berlin-drowning-show-melancholy/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:21:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15365 It will come as no surprise when I say that Im weißen Rössl holds an extra-special place in my heart,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/im-weisen-rossl-renaissance-theater-berlin-drowning-show-melancholy/feed/ 1 “Die Blume von Hawaii” At Theater für Niedersachsen: Florian Ziemen Conducts http://operetta-research-center.org/die-blume-von-hawaii-theater-fur-niedersachsen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-blume-von-hawaii-theater-fur-niedersachsen/#comments Mon, 28 May 2018 10:35:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14971 So it was off to Waikiki and South Sea breezes, again. I had a chance to see Paul Abraham’s glorious

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/die-blume-von-hawaii-theater-fur-niedersachsen/feed/ 1 Revisiting Honolulu: “Die Blume von Hawaii” With Students of the Hochschule für Musik In Osnabrück http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-honolulu-die-blume-von-hawaii-students-hochschule-fur-musik-osnabruck/ http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-honolulu-die-blume-von-hawaii-students-hochschule-fur-musik-osnabruck/#comments Thu, 03 May 2018 08:02:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14665 We all have our favorite memories – our ‘madeleine moment’ that changed our world forever. For me, this moment occurred

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/revisiting-honolulu-die-blume-von-hawaii-students-hochschule-fur-musik-osnabruck/feed/ 0 Abraham’s “Ball im Savoy” In Koblenz: No Lavish Sets But SS Officers http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-ball-im-savoy-koblenz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-ball-im-savoy-koblenz/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:11:23 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14192 Having hugely enjoyed Barrie Kosky’s 2013 exuberant production of Abraham’s Ball im Savoy several times, I was interested  to see

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-ball-im-savoy-koblenz/feed/ 0 Re-Writing “Roxy und ihr Wunderteam” As A Gay Football Farce In Augsburg http://operetta-research-center.org/re-writing-roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-gay-football-farce-augsburg/ http://operetta-research-center.org/re-writing-roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-gay-football-farce-augsburg/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:53:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14171 Theater Augsburg is in the midst of refurbishment, so the various ensembles have decamped to several venues around the city.

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