“Viktoria und ihr Husar”: Mörbisch’s 2016 Festival Program
The operetta festival of Mörbisch, in Austria, had already announced its title for 2016: Paul Abraham’s Viktoria und ihr Husar,
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A New “Duchess of Chicago” From Ohio Light Opera
As everyone knows, the Ohio Light Opera is one of the prime performance venues for lesser known works of Emmerich
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Rediscovering Mischa Spoliansky – In Berlin And Weimar
There is Spoliansky in the air, it seems. And it is certainly high time that this unique composer is rediscovered.
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Performing Operettas From Nazi-Times Today: Interview With Jakob Brenner
In Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, the Theater der Altmark will present a new production of Fred Raymond’s Maske in Blau. It’s
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Paul Abraham: An Interview with His First Biographer
The German journalist Klaus Waller has written a 240 pages biography of Paul Abraham: Der tragische König der Operette. It
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Two New Ábrahám Biographies
You could call it the battle of the biographers. Who will be first? Who will be better? Who will have
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An Academic Symposium on “White Horse Inn” in 2015
Hold your breath: There’s going to be an „interdisciplinary symposium“ on White Horse Inn, examining „new cultural-historical perspectives 1930-2015.“ When?
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Operetta Goddess of the Future: Lady Gaga
You have to hand it to the Americans. They certainly know how to make their classics sound fresh and funky,
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Stefan Frey’s Biography of Emmerich Kálmán – in English
In 2003, Henschel Verlag of Berlin published Unter Tränen lachen, a German-language “operetta biography” of composer Emmerich Kálmán. The author,
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Another “Zirkusprinzessin” in Baden’s Sommerarena
Some say we’re living in the “Age of Aquarius,” I say we’re living in the times of the Zirkusprinzessin. Or
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Die transatlantische Operette: Vom Flirt des Operettenkomponisten Emmerich Kálmán mit dem Broadway
Ein dickes Buch, das sich aber flüssig liest. Gewiss Gelehrsamkeit, wie es sich für eine Dissertation gehört, doch kommt sie
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„Vienna Is Alarmed By Inroads of Jazz“
Kálmán’s ‘Duchess of Chicago’ Starts Controversy Over the Future of the Operetta./ American Influence Seen./ Composer Turns Attention to Efforts
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Kálmán’s “Die Herzogin von Chicago”
Der Lenz ist da.Nicht der von Hildach. Den gibt es das ganze Jahr. Im Theater an der Wien ist das
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