Operetta Research Center » Hervé

Hervé In Paris – And Palazzetto Bru Zane’s Grand Operetta Plans For The Future

kevin — Thu, 20 May 2021 14:50:35 +0000

When the invitation from Palazzetto Bru Zane arrived, to fly to Paris and attend a performance of Hervé’s V’lan dans

kevin — Fri, 07 May 2021 10:00:51 +0000

Hervé’s second attempt, after Les Chevaliers de la table ronde (1866), to produce a full-length burlesque opérette to challenge the

kevin — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:31:17 +0000

Hervé’s 1867 opéra bouffe L’œil crevé (literally “The pierced eye” or “It hit me right in the eye”) was first

kevin — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:31:49 +0000

Die Operette ist in noch stärkerem Maße als die Oper ein internationales Phänomen. Die Bühnenwerke von Jacques Offenbach werden ebenso

kevin — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:11:09 +0000

The staging of musical-dramatic works in the late nineteenth century was dominated by operetta, which effectively dictated the programmes of

kevin — Fri, 31 May 2019 10:11:49 +0000

Monsieur Marius (Claude Marius Duplany, b Paris, 18 February 1850) was a ‘Frenchman, play producer, actor, raconteur, and optimist’ (they

kevin — Fri, 31 May 2019 09:23:49 +0000

In 1847 the young comedian known as Désiré asked Hervé for a two-handed musical sketch to play at his benefit.

kevin — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:09:26 +0000

He was six years younger than Jacques Offenbach and survived him by eleven years. And just like Offenbach, he can

kevin — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:42:37 +0000

To mark the occasion, the city of Cologne and the local Gürzenich Orchestra inaugurate the festivities for Offenbach’s 200th birthday

kevin — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:23:55 +0000

They now call themselves “Bouffes de Bru Zane,” and they are taking up the operetta torch at the Théâtre Marigny

kevin — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:50:12 +0000

In his 2 volume biography Emily Soldene: In Search of a Singer Kurt Gänzl chronicles the initial success of opéra

kevin — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 08:22:27 +0000

My last post and its original five pictures, borrowed from the gold mines of Blois, included four taken from the