Operetta Research Center » Heinz Hentschke 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 Fritz & Alfred Rotter: A Life Between Theatrical Glamour And Death In Exile http://operetta-research-center.org/fritz-alfred-rotter-life-theatre-glamour-death-exile/ http://operetta-research-center.org/fritz-alfred-rotter-life-theatre-glamour-death-exile/#comments Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:48:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18772 The Rotter brothers, Fritz and Alfred, were the most prominent private theater directors during the Weimar Republic before losing everything

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/fritz-alfred-rotter-life-theatre-glamour-death-exile/feed/ 1 Barbara Denscher’s Victor Léon Biography & Matthias Kauffmann’s “Operette im Dritten Reich” http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/ http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:56:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13048 Has operetta research shifted gear? One could think so, considering that there are finally in-depth academic studies coming out that

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/feed/ 3 “Operette: hipp oder miefig?” The New Issue Of The Österreichische Musikzeitschrift http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-hipp-oder-miefig-new-issue-osterreichische-musikzeitschrift/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-hipp-oder-miefig-new-issue-osterreichische-musikzeitschrift/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2016 07:26:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10059 It doesn’t happen too often that a musicological magazine dedicates an entire issue to “operetta”: with eight short essays dealing

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-hipp-oder-miefig-new-issue-osterreichische-musikzeitschrift/feed/ 2 “Ich reiß’ mir eine Wimper aus”: How To Revive Operettas From The Nazi Era http://operetta-research-center.org/revive-operettas-nazi-era/ http://operetta-research-center.org/revive-operettas-nazi-era/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:28:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=5031 It is an inventive new approach to an old question: how do we deal with the ideological baggage of operettas

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/revive-operettas-nazi-era/feed/ 0 Performing Operettas From Nazi-Times Today: Interview With Jakob Brenner http://operetta-research-center.org/performing-operettas-nazi-times-interview-jakob-brenner/ http://operetta-research-center.org/performing-operettas-nazi-times-interview-jakob-brenner/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 08:00:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=4996 In Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, the Theater der Altmark will present a new production of Fred Raymond’s Maske in Blau. It’s

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