Operetta Research Center » Harry Forbes 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 Ohio Light Opera 2025 – A Survey of the Highlights http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-2025-survey-highlights-harry-forbes/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-2025-survey-highlights-harry-forbes/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:46:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25610 Where else but at the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster could you find such a wonderfully varied season of musicals

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-2025-survey-highlights-harry-forbes/feed/ 0 “Strike Up the Band”: Gershwin Mixed with Gilbert & Sullivan http://operetta-research-center.org/strike-band-gershwin-mixed-gilbert-sullivan/ http://operetta-research-center.org/strike-band-gershwin-mixed-gilbert-sullivan/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:50:08 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25274 Director/conductor Ted Sperling has again done George and Ira Gershwin proud with his one-night performance of the first of the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/strike-band-gershwin-mixed-gilbert-sullivan/feed/ 1 Ohio Light Opera: The 2024 Saison in Wooster http://operetta-research-center.org/2024-saison-ohio-light-opera-harry-forbes/ http://operetta-research-center.org/2024-saison-ohio-light-opera-harry-forbes/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:27:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25201 In the decade or so that I’ve been attending Ohio Light Opera’s summer season of operettas and musicals, I continue

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/2024-saison-ohio-light-opera-harry-forbes/feed/ 0 “Babes in Toyland” Revived by Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:23:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25033 I approached this resurrection of The Little Orchestra Society’s 1990s-era Babes in Toyland with some trepidation. Admirable champion of Herbert’s work

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/feed/ 0 “They Haven’t Lost Their Mojo”: The Ohio Light Opera Festival 2023 http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/#comments Sat, 27 May 2023 11:56:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24648 For the first time in four years, Ohio Light Opera has returned for a full indoor season of shows (though

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/feed/ 0 “Iolanthe”: Betting Dollars to Donuts on These Fairies At Carnegie Hall http://operetta-research-center.org/iolanthe-new-york-city-fairies-carnegie-hall-mastervoices/ http://operetta-research-center.org/iolanthe-new-york-city-fairies-carnegie-hall-mastervoices/#comments Sat, 06 May 2023 08:56:03 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24521 It’s only May, but I’m betting dollars to donuts that this starry production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s seventh comic opera

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/iolanthe-new-york-city-fairies-carnegie-hall-mastervoices/feed/ 0 Victor Herbert’s “Cyrano de Bergerac”: Live in New York http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 15:33:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24506 “You’re about to see a flop,” VHRP Artistic Director Alyce Mott impishly teased the packed house a few moments before

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/feed/ 0 Bringing Victor Herbert’s “Mlle. Modiste” (1905) Back to New York http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-mlle-modiste-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-mlle-modiste-new-york/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:22:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23575 The ever-enterprising Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! concluded its shortened season with one of Herbert’s most popular titles, the 1905

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-mlle-modiste-new-york/feed/ 0 Opening in New York: Barry Manilow’s “Harmony” About the Comedian Harmonists http://operetta-research-center.org/opening-new-york-barry-manilows-harmony-comedian-harmonists/ http://operetta-research-center.org/opening-new-york-barry-manilows-harmony-comedian-harmonists/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:39:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23562 The story of the six-member close harmony group known as Comedian Harmonists – the toast of Germany and elsewhere in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/opening-new-york-barry-manilows-harmony-comedian-harmonists/feed/ 0 A Farcical Comedy: Victor Herbert’s “The Only Girl” Returns to New York http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:46:21 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23348 For a work that, for all its cherishable qualities, can hardly be said to rate as one of Victor Herbert’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/feed/ 1 The Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! Presents “Heart O’Mine” Online http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-renaissance-project-live-presents-heart-omine-online/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-renaissance-project-live-presents-heart-omine-online/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:18:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20851 Over the last several months, the beloved New York institution dedicated to all things Victor Herbert, has been streaming video

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-renaissance-project-live-presents-heart-omine-online/feed/ 0 Victor Herbert’s Tune-Free Opera “Madeleine” (1914) Revived http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-tune-free-opera-madeleine-1914-revived/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-tune-free-opera-madeleine-1914-revived/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:10:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19084 Alyce Mott’s enterprising company Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! dedicated to all things Victor Herbert risked alienating the operetta regulars

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