COX AND BOX, or The Long Lost Brothers: Musical Triumviretta In 1 Act With Music By Arthur Sullivan
This Musical triumviretta in 1 act was adapted from J Maddison Morton’s farce Box and Cox by F C Burnand,
read moreThis Musical triumviretta in 1 act was adapted from J Maddison Morton’s farce Box and Cox by F C Burnand,
read moreIt seems that the operetta scene is finally awaking to the possibilities of the internet as a chance to overcome
read moreConductor Georges Prêtre is generally considered one of the best interpreters of French music, and the list of famous recordings
read moreFrom 14 October onwards the Fundación Juan March is presenting a special program dedicated to Jacques Offenbach. The series of
read moreHarvard-educated Henry Wilson Savage was born in New Durham (New Hampshire) on 21 March 1859 and well established as a
read moreA descendant of the painter Henry Inman, Miss Jackson was born in New York on 3 February 1877. She studied
read moreHas the long waiting finally come to an end, is post-Corona operetta back? After the somewhat problematic “Jewish and Gay”
read moreToday I got asked, for the umpteenth time, ‘what was the first American musical?’ Well, all those three qualifications narrow
read more“344 Menschen, that‘s besser wie nix!” That’s what intendant Barrie Kosky said when he presented his brand new schedule for
read moreI heard yesterday that Mady Mesplé had died. I have to admit that, to me, she belonged to a past
read moreThe record label Naxos has just released a fascinating CD containing French 19th century overtures. One of these is the
read moreThe German record label cpo has recently released a CD of two short operettas. One of them is a real
read moreKarl Kraus und Felix Salten haben 1909 bzw. 1906 Diagnosen zur Situation des musikalischen Unterhaltungstheaters und seiner Rezeption in Wien
read moreWith all this free time at home right now I’ve started working my way through various DVD boxes I’ve had
read moreAs the times of self-isolation continue, so does the catching up on old and new operetta releases that I’ve been
read moreWhen the world is under quarantine and everything is shut down because of a new virus – you have lots
read moreThe folk who created the musical works of Meilhac, Halévy, Crémieux, Hervé and their colleagues, and of the parallel composers,
read moreOffenbach’s 1857 Vent du soir, ou l’horrible festin is one of his more famous titles in the German speaking theater
read moreThe Offenbach bicentenary might be over – but there are still fascinating things coming out to celebrate the composer. One
read moreOffenbach and “The Hispanic Vogue”? As it turns out, there are two interesting new recordings out on Palazzetto Bru Zane
read moreNo one can really claim that there is not an abundance of exciting Offenbach literature that has been published since
read moreSo here it is, the world’s “first gay opera guide,” or so the publisher claims. It’s a small Berlin based
read moreFor many, he’s just another famous representative of the Belle Époque, but there are few people that really know much
read moreHere’s something truly special: an album of Werner Richard Heymann’s symphonic music that has not been available acoustically earlier and
read moreIn their September newsletter, The Jacques Offenbach Society alerts its readers to a new book edited by Jean-Claude Yon. It’s
read moreAny solo album that starts off by knocking you on the head with the boisterous couplet of the animal trainer
read moreThe staging of musical-dramatic works in the late nineteenth century was dominated by operetta, which effectively dictated the programmes of
read moreIn his novel Where Angels Fear to Tread, published in 1905, E. M. Forster describes a performance of Lucia di
read moreWhen Germany’s ultra-conservative Offenbach crusader Peter Hawig – who in a recent Jacques Offenbach Society newsletter remarked that “tying” the
read moreYou might wonder whether they are serious – ‘them’ being the French-German Kultursender arte. They are celebrating the 200th birthday
read moreProf. Albert Gier is one of the most famous researchers of musical theater text books. He taught at the University
read moreThe one-act l‘île de Tulipatan, written by Jacques Offenbach with his librettists Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru in 1868 for
read moreHow do you solve a problem like – operetta? The question has been asked many times over, especially since so
read moreIn August 2019, Northern Ireland Opera presents an Offenbach Bicentenary Festival. The choice of shows for this festival is remarkable, because
read moreIt is one of the more amazing developments of recent years that suddenly “entertainment” is included in major exhibitions dealing
read moreWith the BBC Proms totally ignoring Offenbach’s bicentenary, it has been left to London’s music colleges, small scale opera companies
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