“Disrupted by the Morality Police”: A New Book on Carl Millöcker
Martin Trageser has published a 150 page book on Carl Millöcker (1842-1899). We spoke with him about this project and
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“Mein Freund Bunbury” Comes to Komische Oper Berlin
The Komische Oper Berlin continues its exploration of Gerd Natschinski and Jacques Offenbach next season. Since the departure of Barrie
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„Josephine Baker“: Kritische Gedanken zur Ausstellung an der Neuen Nationalgalerie Berlin
In der Neuen Nationalgalerie in Berlin ist derzeit die Ausstellung Josephine Baker. Icon in Motion zu sehen. Sie beschäftigt sich
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“Social Evil”: The Girards and Offenbach’s “Princess of Trebizonde” in Melbourne
Recently, Offenbach researchers have started looking a little beyond the usual boundaries of “established” source material, one of them is
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Offenbach’s “La Jolie Parfumeuse” in Philadelphia 1876
In the summer of 1876 Jacques Offenbach visited Philadelphia. At “The Offenbach Garden,” located on the southeast corner of Broad
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Christmas Special at Teatro de la Comedia Dedicted to Francisco Arderíus
The Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid as the headquarters of the CNTC (the National Classical Theatre Company) is an
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The Biography of Valtesse de la Bigne, Mistress of Paris
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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Volker Klotz: 20. Dezember 1930 – 31. Mai 2023
Volker Klotz, der vor knapp vier Monaten im hohen Alter von 92 Jahren verstarb, war ein außergewöhnlich produktiver und dabei
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Opera Rara’s New “La Princesse de Trébizonde”
Ever since that night so many years ago when I saw my first Offenbach (November 4, 1974, Hoffmanns Erzählungen, at
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Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture: An Interview with Laurence Senelick
At long last someone has written a brand new Offenbach book – in English. And what’s even better, it’s a
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Zwei Offenbach-Premieren in Wien: “Orpheus in der Unterwelt” und “La Périchole”
Wien war einst Jacques Offenbachs „zweites Paris“. 89 seiner Werke wurden hier aufgeführt, einige davon sogar uraufgeführt. Diese Tradition (ja
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Daniela Ziegler as the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein – and Other Offenbach Treats
The good news is: Daniela Ziegler finally gets to perform Offenbach and star in an operetta. At the Ernst Deutsch
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Where To Put an Offenbach Festival? Here Are Some Suggestions
If resources enough could be gathered together for an annual festival of Offenbach and maybe his time, where would it
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When Will Jacques Offenbach Get His Own Festival? A European Travel Report
For my Christmas present, and to celebrate that Covid is (we must hope) over, I recently traveled to Europe. Over
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Offenbach and the Theatre Bouffe in Saint Petersburg, 1870-1878
Offenbach was introduced to the Russian stage when a French company played La belle Hélène at the Imperial Mikhailovsky Theatre
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Vive la Révolution: Offenbach’s “Belle Lurette” at New Sussex Opera
New Sussex Opera is a self-funding organisation in the south-east of England that specialises in performing rarely heard operas and
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“Offenbach, Musicien Européen” Or, Put Away the Sellotape
In the summer of 2019 researchers from all around the world gathered for a double conference in Cologne and Paris,
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The (Forgotten) World of Greek Operetta – An Interview With Evi Nikita
While many people know Viennese and French operetta, even Spanish Zarzuela and a few Italian titles, Greek operetta is not
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The False Pirate; or, The Slave of Truth
The Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter has published in its 101st issue (September 2022) a letter from Jacobo Kaufmann entitled “Copyists
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“Copyists and Pirates”: Jacobo Kaufmann’s Critique of Recent Offenbach Publications
The latest edition of The Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter includes a letter from Jacobo Kaufmann to editor Donald Fox. Its
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Revisiting the Emily Soldene Biography. Or: the Postscripta of Publication
When you have spent more than 20 years researching and writing a book, when you have lived and breathed the
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“The Grand Duke of Gerolstein”: A Milanese Byblow of the Grand Duchess
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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Opera Rara Set to Record Offenbach’s “La Princesse de Trébizonde”
The British record label Opera Rara returns to the works of Jacques Offenbach – for the first time since they
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Fly Me To The Moon: Kurt Kurt Gänzl reviews the new “Le Voyage dans la lune”
A new recording from Bru Zane? After their tremendous job with La Fille de Madame Angot, I am all agog.
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“Le Voyage Dans La Lune”: Offenbach’s 1875 Sci-Fi Spectacle
Three years and eight major shows after the splenditious production of Le Roi Carotte, Offenbach returned to the world of
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“America in the French Imaginary” – A New Book That Sadly Forgets Operetta
“Music in Society and Culture” 1789-1914 we are informed on the cover of this new book. And then: “Following the
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Enrique Mejías García’s New Book “Offenbach, Composer of Zarzuelas”
Here’s great news: a new book on Offenbach is out! It is entitled Offenbach, Composer of Zarzuelas and has been
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“I Am What I Am”: New Productions at Komische Oper after Barrie Kosky
Quo vadis, Komische Oper? That’s what many have been wondering. How will the new artistic directors continue the now world-famous
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Tick tick … boom? Lotte de Beer’s First Season at Volksoper Wien
So, now we know what Lotte de Beer as the new artistic director of the Volksoper in Vienna had up
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Glitzy Genitalia & A New Cast: Kosky’s “Orpheus in der Unterwelt“ Arrives In Berlin
After a very (very!) long wait, Barrie Kosky’s vision of Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers has finally arrived at Berlin’s Komische
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“Le Photographe” By Meilhac & Halévy: The Template for “La Vie Parisienne”?
In the latest newsletter of the Jacques Offenbach Society (No. 98), there is a reprint of the full Meilhac &
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Christiane Rösinger’s “Planet Egalia”: A Sci-Fi Operetta About Feminism and Queerness?
The world of science fiction is somewhat underexplored when it comes to operetta. Even though Offenbach famously wrote Le voyage
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Offenbach’s “Ein Ehemann vor der Tür”: A New Student Production In Leipzig
The students of Leipzig’s Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschule had planned to put on Offenbach’sUn Mari à la Porte / Ein
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Are We Finally Getting The Full Original Version Of “La Vie Parisienne”?
What if Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, the most famous German language operetta, had been performed incomplete for the last
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Curtain Raisers: “Les Deux Aveugles” and “Cox and Box” At Wilton’s Music Hall
Opera della Luna, under the artistic direction of Jeff Clarke, has built a well-deserved reputation for staging inventive productions of
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Richard Genée’s “Die Antisemiten” (1868): Solo Scene Translated Into English
With a title like Die Antisemiten (The Antisemites) attached to a “Grand Opera” you have the immediate attention of most
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