Operetta Research Center » Ivor Novello 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 “Bitte Britisch”: Wenn Frankensteins Monster die Hose runterlässt http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:47:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22716 Vermutlich kennen Fans der Mel-Brooks-Filme den ekstatischen Liebesschrei „A Sweet Mystery of Life“ besser als die meisten Operettenfans hierzulande. Denn

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette/feed/ 0 “Bitte Britisch”: Staatsoperette Dresden Takes Us On A Musical Journey http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette-dresden-takes-us-musical-journey/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette-dresden-takes-us-musical-journey/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:56:04 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22683 I was surprised, and delighted, to hear that the Staatsoperette Dresden are to give an all-“Britisch” concert, taking in a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette-dresden-takes-us-musical-journey/feed/ 0 A Bi-Polar “Merry Widow”: The Life Of Lily Elsie (1886-1962) Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:34:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20612 Elsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886. Her mother was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/feed/ 1 “Ghost Lights: Ivor Novello and His Leading Ladies“ – A Conversation With David Slattery-Christy About His New Play http://operetta-research-center.org/ghost-lights-ivor-novello-leading-ladies-new-play-david-slattery-christy/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ghost-lights-ivor-novello-leading-ladies-new-play-david-slattery-christy/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2020 16:07:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20222 Most operetta fans will know David Slattery-Christy as the biographer of Ivor Novello (1893-1951) and as a tireless champion of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ghost-lights-ivor-novello-leading-ladies-new-play-david-slattery-christy/feed/ 0 “Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945” By Adrian Wright http://operetta-research-center.org/cheer-british-musical-films-1929-1945-adrian-wright/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cheer-british-musical-films-1929-1945-adrian-wright/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:13:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19829 In a preface to Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945, author Adrian Wright tells us that British Film Studios made

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cheer-british-musical-films-1929-1945-adrian-wright/feed/ 1 Ohio Light Opera: Offering Rarities From Kálmán’s “Teufelsreiter” to Novello’s “Perchance to Dream” http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-offering-rarities-kalmans-teufelsreiter-novellos-perchance-dream/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-offering-rarities-kalmans-teufelsreiter-novellos-perchance-dream/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2019 10:45:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18105 Fans of musical theater and operetta will not find a richer, more concentrated banquet of their favorite entertainment than that

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-offering-rarities-kalmans-teufelsreiter-novellos-perchance-dream/feed/ 0 “The Dancing Years”: A Converation with David Slattery-Christy About Ivor Novello, Nazi History And New Recordings http://operetta-research-center.org/dancing-years-converation-david-slattery-christy-ivor-novello-nazi-history-new-recordings/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dancing-years-converation-david-slattery-christy-ivor-novello-nazi-history-new-recordings/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:39:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16536 Ivor Novello’s World War 2 hit The Dancing Years has finally been made available in a ‘first complete recording’ by

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dancing-years-converation-david-slattery-christy-ivor-novello-nazi-history-new-recordings/feed/ 5 Ivor Novello’s “The Dancing Years”: The First Complete Recording http://operetta-research-center.org/ivor-novellos-dancing-years-first-complete-recording/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ivor-novellos-dancing-years-first-complete-recording/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2018 11:16:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16255 The effect of Ivor Novello’s music on me was immediate: I remember the first time I heard his songs on

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ivor-novellos-dancing-years-first-complete-recording/feed/ 5 Adonises Of Silver Operetta? Or: A Re-Encounter With Adolf Wohlbrück http://operetta-research-center.org/adonises-operetta-re-encounter-adolf-wohlbruck/ http://operetta-research-center.org/adonises-operetta-re-encounter-adolf-wohlbruck/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2018 08:24:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14546 There is a Facebook group out there called Adonises of the Silver Screen. It offers amazing photos of and anecdotes

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/adonises-operetta-re-encounter-adolf-wohlbruck/feed/ 4 Gaiety, Glitz & Glamour: Reawakening the “Silver Age” of 20th Century Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/gaiety-glitz-glamour-reawakening-silver-age-twentieth-century-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gaiety-glitz-glamour-reawakening-silver-age-twentieth-century-operetta/#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2017 20:05:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13220 Last weekend, the Royal Musical Association devoted one of its study days to what has controversially been described as the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gaiety-glitz-glamour-reawakening-silver-age-twentieth-century-operetta/feed/ 1 “Must Close Saturday”: The Decline and Fall of the British Musical Flop http://operetta-research-center.org/must-close-saturday-decline-fall-british-musical-flop/ http://operetta-research-center.org/must-close-saturday-decline-fall-british-musical-flop/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2017 03:48:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13090 When this heavy, 350 page book, closely but clearly typed and well-illustrated, arrived in the post I thought I would

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/must-close-saturday-decline-fall-british-musical-flop/feed/ 1 Ivor Novello: “Composer of the Week” On BBC3 http://operetta-research-center.org/ivor-novello-bbc3-composer-week/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ivor-novello-bbc3-composer-week/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2016 19:53:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11435 Operetta star performer and writer Ivor Novello (1893-1951) will be featured as “Composer of the Week” for BBC Radio 3

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