Operetta Research Center » Jean Gilbert http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 02 May 2026 19:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Ernst Neubach (1900-1968): Librettist, Lyricist, Film Producer, Director http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:49:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25287 He claimed to have written the lyrics for over 2,000 songs and to have been involved in “the making of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/feed/ 0 Hugo Hirsch’s “Der Fürst von Pappenheim“ Revived in Annaberg-Buchholz http://operetta-research-center.org/hugo-hirsch-der-furst-von-pappenheim-annaberg-buchholz-christian-von-gotz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/hugo-hirsch-der-furst-von-pappenheim-annaberg-buchholz-christian-von-gotz/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:51:11 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24834 It’s announced as a “rarity“ – and it certainly is. The Winterstein Theater in Annaberg-Buchholz in Saxony/Germany will present Hugo

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/hugo-hirsch-der-furst-von-pappenheim-annaberg-buchholz-christian-von-gotz/feed/ 0 World Premiere Recording: Walter W. Goetze’s “Wenn Männer schwindeln” http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:03:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24594 The works of German pre-WW1 composers have only recently come back into focus again – as opposed to the better-known

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/feed/ 1 “Das ist die Berliner Luft”: Paul Lincke Overtures Volume 1 http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-paul-linke-overtures-volume-1/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-paul-linke-overtures-volume-1/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2023 11:09:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24196 This newly issued 2020 recording from CPO has rarely been out of my CD player since it arrived: it is

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-paul-linke-overtures-volume-1/feed/ 0 Reviving Jean Gilbert’s “Kinokönigin” (1913) à la Bob Fosse in Leipzig? http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-kinokoenigin-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-kinokoenigin-leipzig/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:25:06 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23487 Let’s start with the positive side of this: Musikalische Komödie has put forgotten composer Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) back on stage

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-kinokoenigin-leipzig/feed/ 2 Jean Gilbert (1879-1942): One of the Most Successful Composers for the German Musical Stage http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 09:35:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23470 Gilbert was born as Max Winterfeld in Hamburg, 11 February 1879. He died in exile in Buenos Aires, 20 December

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/feed/ 3 “Die Kino-Königin”: Operette in 3 Acts by Jean Gilbert http://operetta-research-center.org/kinokoenigin-operette-jean-gilbert/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kinokoenigin-operette-jean-gilbert/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 08:36:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23456 Jean Gilbert’s operetta with the original libretto by Georg Okonkowski premiered on 22 November 1912 at Deutsches Operettentheater, Hamburg, as

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kinokoenigin-operette-jean-gilbert/feed/ 0 Hanns Eisler: Couplets & Ballads With The Amazing HK Gruber http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/ http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:21:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23230 At first glance, Hanns Eisler doesn’t have much to do with operetta. But if you look closer, the very first

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/feed/ 0 Peter Oliver Loew über Polen in der deutschsprachigen Operette http://operetta-research-center.org/peter-oliver-loew-uber-polen-der-deutschsprachigen-operette/ http://operetta-research-center.org/peter-oliver-loew-uber-polen-der-deutschsprachigen-operette/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:41:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22791 2013 wurde dem Slawisten und Historiker Peter Oliver Loew (er ist seit 2019 Direktor des Deutschen Polen-Instituts Darmstadt und seit

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/peter-oliver-loew-uber-polen-der-deutschsprachigen-operette/feed/ 0 Gilbertmania in Spain: Revivisting Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:33:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22420 When Max Winterfeld – better known by his artistic name Jean Gilbert – arrived in Spain in 1934, the country

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/feed/ 1 Jean Gilbert’s “Kinokönigin” (1913) Is Returning To The Stage In Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:53:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22386 There’s interesting news from Leipzig, where the Musikalische Komödie has just announced what they’ll be doing in the 2021/22 season.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/feed/ 0 Catch Him If You Can? A New Biography Of Willi Kollo (1904-1988) Discussing His Nazi History http://operetta-research-center.org/new-biography-willi-kollo-1904-1988-discussing-nazi-history/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-biography-willi-kollo-1904-1988-discussing-nazi-history/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:16:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19337 You could be surprised: here’s a brand new Willi Kollo (1904-1988) biography, and the only picture you’ll find anywhere in

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