Operetta Research Center » Jacques Offenbach 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 New “La Vie parisienne” from Palazzetto Bru Zane http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/ http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:38:39 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25347 Yesterday a long-awaited recording arrived on my desk-top. ‘Long-awaited’? Of course. The latest from the firm of Bru Zane, the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/feed/ 0 Ukrainian Operetta – Or, Popular Musical Theater in Times of War http://operetta-research-center.org/ukrainian-operetta-popular-musical-theater-times-war-kyiv/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ukrainian-operetta-popular-musical-theater-times-war-kyiv/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:42:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25391 Yes, there is an institution called National Operetta of Ukraine. It has been situated in the National Academic Theater of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ukrainian-operetta-popular-musical-theater-times-war-kyiv/feed/ 0 “Disrupted by the Morality Police”: A New Book on Carl Millöcker http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:00:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25172 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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/feed/ 1 “Mein Freund Bunbury” Comes to Komische Oper Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-comes-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-comes-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:43:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25065 The Komische Oper Berlin continues its exploration of Gerd Natschinski and Jacques Offenbach next season. Since the departure of Barrie

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-comes-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 0 „Josephine Baker“: Kritische Gedanken zur Ausstellung an der Neuen Nationalgalerie Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/josephine-baker-icon-in-motion-kritische-gedanken-zur-ausstellung-der-neuen-nationalgalerie-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/josephine-baker-icon-in-motion-kritische-gedanken-zur-ausstellung-der-neuen-nationalgalerie-berlin/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2024 12:04:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25051 In der Neuen Nationalgalerie in Berlin ist derzeit die Ausstellung Josephine Baker. Icon in Motion zu sehen. Sie beschäftigt sich

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/josephine-baker-icon-in-motion-kritische-gedanken-zur-ausstellung-der-neuen-nationalgalerie-berlin/feed/ 0 “Social Evil”: The Girards and Offenbach’s “Princess of Trebizonde” in Melbourne http://operetta-research-center.org/girards-offenbachs-princess-trebizonde-melbourne-court-case-social-evil/ http://operetta-research-center.org/girards-offenbachs-princess-trebizonde-melbourne-court-case-social-evil/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:42:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24975 Recently, Offenbach researchers have started looking a little beyond the usual boundaries of “established” source material, one of them is

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/girards-offenbachs-princess-trebizonde-melbourne-court-case-social-evil/feed/ 1 Offenbach’s “La Jolie Parfumeuse” in Philadelphia 1876 http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-la-jolie-parfumeuse-philadelphia-1876/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-la-jolie-parfumeuse-philadelphia-1876/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:15:04 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24902 In the summer of 1876 Jacques Offenbach visited Philadelphia. At “The Offenbach Garden,” located on the southeast corner of Broad

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-la-jolie-parfumeuse-philadelphia-1876/feed/ 0 Christmas Special at Teatro de la Comedia Dedicted to Francisco Arderíus http://operetta-research-center.org/teatro-de-la-comedia-madrid-christmas-special-teatro-de-la-comedia-dedicted-francisco-arderius/ http://operetta-research-center.org/teatro-de-la-comedia-madrid-christmas-special-teatro-de-la-comedia-dedicted-francisco-arderius/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:07:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24861 The Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid as the headquarters of the CNTC (the National Classical Theatre Company) is an

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/teatro-de-la-comedia-madrid-christmas-special-teatro-de-la-comedia-dedicted-francisco-arderius/feed/ 1 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 Volker Klotz: 20. Dezember 1930 – 31. Mai 2023 http://operetta-research-center.org/nachruf-volker-klotz-20-dezember-1930-31-mai-2023/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nachruf-volker-klotz-20-dezember-1930-31-mai-2023/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:56:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24680 Volker Klotz, der vor knapp vier Monaten im hohen Alter von 92 Jahren verstarb, war ein außergewöhnlich produktiver und dabei

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/nachruf-volker-klotz-20-dezember-1930-31-mai-2023/feed/ 2 Opera Rara’s New “La Princesse de Trébizonde” http://operetta-research-center.org/opera-rara-la-princesse-de-trebizonde-offenbach/ http://operetta-research-center.org/opera-rara-la-princesse-de-trebizonde-offenbach/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:06:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24669 Ever since that night so many years ago when I saw my first Offenbach (November 4, 1974, Hoffmanns Erzählungen, at

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/opera-rara-la-princesse-de-trebizonde-offenbach/feed/ 0 Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture: An Interview with Laurence Senelick http://operetta-research-center.org/jacques-offenbach-making-modern-culture-interview-prof-laurence-senelick/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jacques-offenbach-making-modern-culture-interview-prof-laurence-senelick/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2023 06:00:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14602 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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