Operetta Research Center » Hortense Schneider 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 The Biography of Valtesse de la Bigne, Mistress of Paris http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/ http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:16:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24724 We’ve all read stories about the big players: Jacques Offenbach, Ludovic Halevy, Henri Meilhac, and certainly Napoleon III. But you

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/feed/ 2 Offenbach and the Theatre Bouffe in Saint Petersburg, 1870-1878 http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-theatre-bouffe-saint-petersburg-1870-1878/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-theatre-bouffe-saint-petersburg-1870-1878/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:49:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24039 Offenbach was introduced to the Russian stage when a French company played La belle Hélène at the Imperial Mikhailovsky Theatre

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-theatre-bouffe-saint-petersburg-1870-1878/feed/ 1 “The Grand Duke of Gerolstein”: A Milanese Byblow of the Grand Duchess http://operetta-research-center.org/grand-duke-gerolstein-byblow-grand-duchess/ http://operetta-research-center.org/grand-duke-gerolstein-byblow-grand-duchess/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:43:44 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23697 La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein was, arguably, Offenbach’s first truly transglobal success. It benefitted from opening during the Exposition universelle

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/grand-duke-gerolstein-byblow-grand-duchess/feed/ 1 Lillian Russell (1860-1922) Revisited: The Amazing Life Of A “Scandalous” Operetta Diva http://operetta-research-center.org/lillian-russell-revisited-amazing-life-19th-century-operetta-diva/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lillian-russell-revisited-amazing-life-19th-century-operetta-diva/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2020 10:03:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19446 With all this free time at home right now I’ve started working my way through various DVD boxes I’ve had

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lillian-russell-revisited-amazing-life-19th-century-operetta-diva/feed/ 1 Who Was The Great Opéra-Bouffe Tenor “Potel” – Also Known As “Le Bel Armand”? http://operetta-research-center.org/great-opera-bouffe-tenor-potel/ http://operetta-research-center.org/great-opera-bouffe-tenor-potel/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:02:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19100 The folk who created the musical works of Meilhac, Halévy, Crémieux, Hervé and their colleagues, and of the parallel composers,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/great-opera-bouffe-tenor-potel/feed/ 0 “Barbe-Bleue” In Lyon: A Night Of Perfection http://operetta-research-center.org/barbe-bleue-in-lyon-a-night-of-perfection/ http://operetta-research-center.org/barbe-bleue-in-lyon-a-night-of-perfection/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2019 09:25:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17724 It is so easy to rip a performance apart. But what do you do if you see perfection? Alright, if

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/barbe-bleue-in-lyon-a-night-of-perfection/feed/ 3 The Queen of Offenbach’s Bouffes: The Life & Career Of Lise Tautin http://operetta-research-center.org/queen-offenbachs-bouffes-life-career-lise-tautin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/queen-offenbachs-bouffes-life-career-lise-tautin/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:26:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17580 The Queen of Offenbach’s Bouffes? Oh, yes, I hear the unenlightened nod. ‘Hortense Schneider. We’ve all heard of her’. I:

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/queen-offenbachs-bouffes-life-career-lise-tautin/feed/ 1 “Une danseuse à l’Opéra”: Kurt Gänzl Examines The Phenomenon of Man And Mistress In The Second Empire http://operetta-research-center.org/une-danseuse-lopera-kurt-ganzl-examines-phenomenon-man-mistress-second-empire/ http://operetta-research-center.org/une-danseuse-lopera-kurt-ganzl-examines-phenomenon-man-mistress-second-empire/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2019 10:50:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17068 ‘Une danseuse à l’Opéra’ – it was a phrase which, under the brilliance of the French Second Empire, had a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/une-danseuse-lopera-kurt-ganzl-examines-phenomenon-man-mistress-second-empire/feed/ 0 Offenbach’s “Black Venus”, Or: Examining “La Belle Hélène” As An Intersection Of Race And Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-black-venus-belle-helene-intersection-race-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-black-venus-belle-helene-intersection-race-operetta/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:39:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16404 Sometimes you read an operetta essay that deeply disturbs you – not because it is badly written or full of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-black-venus-belle-helene-intersection-race-operetta/feed/ 2 “Jacques Offenbach – Meister des Vergnügens”: Ein Interview mit Heiko Schon http://operetta-research-center.org/jacques-offenbach-meister-des-vergnugens-ein-interview-mit-heiko-schon/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jacques-offenbach-meister-des-vergnugens-ein-interview-mit-heiko-schon/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:32:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16345 Große Ereignisse werfen ihre Schatten voraus, und so sind im Vorfeld des 200. Offenbach-Geburtstags 2019 mehrere neue Bücher auf den

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jacques-offenbach-meister-des-vergnugens-ein-interview-mit-heiko-schon/feed/ 0 Desert Island Disc? “La Périchole” From Montpellier With Marc Minkowski http://operetta-research-center.org/la-perichole-montpellier-marc-minkowski/ http://operetta-research-center.org/la-perichole-montpellier-marc-minkowski/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:40:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15892 So here it is, finally: the live broadcast of Marc Minkowski’s performance of La Périchole with his Les Musiciens du

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/la-perichole-montpellier-marc-minkowski/feed/ 1 Offenbach-Star “Mlle Géraldine.” Or: Every Picture Hides A Story http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-star-geraldine-every-picture-hides-story/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-star-geraldine-every-picture-hides-story/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2018 20:20:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15122 Many years ago, when I was collecting illustrations for my musico-theatrical books, I haunted e-bay. Bought something weekly. But then

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