Operetta Research Center » Italian Operetta 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 Giorgio Madia: “Entertainment, that’s an insult!” http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:26:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25770 Stage director and choreographer Giorgio Madia discusses operetta then and now, with a special focus on the Mörbisch festival years

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/feed/ 0 Italian Operetta Collector and Buffo Ernesto G. Oppicelli Passed Away http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-operetta-collector-ernesto-g-oppicelli-passed-away/ http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-operetta-collector-ernesto-g-oppicelli-passed-away/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:32:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25215 At the end of July 2024, operetta collectors around the world lost a point of reference: Ernesto G. Oppicelli passed

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-operetta-collector-ernesto-g-oppicelli-passed-away/feed/ 0 Leoncavallo’s “Zazà” Returns Triumphantly http://operetta-research-center.org/leoncavallos-zaza-returns-triumphantly/ http://operetta-research-center.org/leoncavallos-zaza-returns-triumphantly/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:02:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=8503 This week, there will be a concert performance of Leoncavallo’s one-and-only operetta Zazà at the Barbican in London. It’s a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/leoncavallos-zaza-returns-triumphantly/feed/ 0 Italian Sex Spectacles: Operettas By Carlo Lombardo & Co. http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-spectacles/ http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-spectacles/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:08:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=3826 Half the world loves Italian music, whether it’s popular songs of the „Volare“ type or operas from Rossini to Verdi

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/italian-spectacles/feed/ 0 Virgilio RANZATO (b Venice, 7 May 1883; d Como, 20 April 1937) http://operetta-research-center.org/virgilio-ranzato-b-venice-7-may-1883-d-como-20-april-1937/ http://operetta-research-center.org/virgilio-ranzato-b-venice-7-may-1883-d-como-20-april-1937/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:56:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=3847 One of the handful of Italian composers who made a significant contribution to a brief flowering of musical plays in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/virgilio-ranzato-b-venice-7-may-1883-d-como-20-april-1937/feed/ 0 L’ACQUA CHETA Operetta in 3 acts http://operetta-research-center.org/lacqua-cheta-operetta-3-acts/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lacqua-cheta-operetta-3-acts/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:55:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=3843 One of the most successful Italian operettas of its period, L’acqua cheta was adapted by Novelli from his successful 1908

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