Oscar Straus – Ein deutscher Offenbach?
Yes, there’s a new book on Oscar Straus, that often over-looked composer of Ein Walzertraum but also of Die lustigen
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The Show Of The Moment: “Wiener Blut” In Leipzig
It seems that Wiener Blut is quite the show-of-the-moment. The 1899 operetta is featured in the new publication of the
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Selling Johann Strauss With A “Fake” Reconstruction?
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding Johann Strauss’s final work for the stage, the ballet Aschenbrödel. Most of
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Barihunks Goes Operetta With Thomas Weinhappel
You might have heard of the – highly informative and entertaining – blog Barihunks. It’s dedicated to hunky baritones who
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Re-Sizing “Die Fledermaus” For Switzerland
The poster might not look particularly innovative, but the Quickchange Company in the Swiss town of Zug will present “Operetta
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Harnoncourt Stages “Der Zigeunerbaron” In Langenlois
It’s kind of special: Philipp Harnoncourt (yes, the son of the other Harnoncourt) is staging Der Zigeunerbaron at Schloss Haindorf
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MILF Scene of the Year: A New “Nacht in Venedig” From Mörbisch
There is no shortage of Eine Nacht in Venedig recordings. Some of them are all-time classics, such as the Elisabeth
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What Is Johann Strauss Doing In The Exhibition “Homosexualität_en”?
To say that I was surprised would be putting it mildly. Here I was, at the opening of the grand
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The Master Imposter Returns: “Cagliostro in Wien” In Dresden
Cagliostro in Wien … Doesn’t ring a bell? It’s the 1875 operetta Johann Strauss Jr. wrote together with Richard Genée
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“Sluts” Are Great Singers Too: The Return Of Operetta-Diva Julia Migenes
If you live in Germany and are interested in classical music, you probably know the broschure concerti. They have a
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“Wiener Blut”: Eine explosive Gender-Komödie ums Triebleben aller Beteiligten
At the 2015 edition of Tanz-Signale in Vienna, devoted to Johann Strauss and his librettist Victor Léon, Kevin Clarke talked
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Spielen und Anspielen: Gedanken zu den Operetten-Libretti von Johann Strauss
This is the lecture Prof. Hans-Dieter Roser gave in the Festsaal of the Vienna town hall, as part of the
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Tanz-Signale 2015: Conference About Gender Topics, Sex Addiction And Victor Léon
There was a whiff of fresh air in the room at the Tanz-Signale 2015. The Wiener Institut für Strauss-Forschung had
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Eyes Wide Open: A New Generation of Operetta Superstars?
“I had a dream” – and, yes, it was “a beautiful dream”; right in the middle of a performance of
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“Der Kongress Tanzt”: A New Exhibition At The Belvedere In Vienna
You all know that the Congress of Vienna in 1815 is the historical backdrop to quite a few famous operettas
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Reconstructing Suppé’s “Die Afrikareise” In The UK
It is a grand title, for sure: The Imperial Vienna Orchestra! Yes, wow. It is as “Kakanian” as you can
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Happy New Year: Josef Strauss Meets Offenbach For A Quadrille Ride
If you know your operetta history, you will be aware of the fact that Johann Strauss Jr. was the most
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The Man Behind “Die Fledermaus”: New Biography of Richard Genée
As the author of Die Fledermaus (1874) and a whole series of other famous Strauss operettas, Richard Genée is not
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What Can You Expect From Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conducting Johann Strauss Jr.?
Yes, we all know that conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt is one of the pioneers of the Early Music Movement. Together with
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Marie GEISTINGER (b Graz, 26 July 1836; d Klagenfurt, 30 September 1903)
Born in Graz to theatrical parents, Geistinger first went on the stage as a child and had an early exposure
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Here Come The Lunatics: Jeff Clarke Talks About Operetta In The UK
Opera in the UK doesn’t only happen in big London theatres with rob-the-bank ticket prices. All over the country there
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Staatsoperette Dresden: Ready To Move Downtown
Finally, there are images of the new Staatsoperette Dresden. It will be situated in Kraftwerk Mitte. And for the first
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A Pure Joy: “Die Fledermaus” As A Ballet From La Scala
It certainly is a little unusual: a ballet version by Roland Petit of the Johann Strauss classic Die Fledermaus. Filmed
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This Summer in Ohio: Seven Full-Scale Productions
Next week, the Ohio Light Opera is starting its 36th season – with 7 (in writing: seven!) productions on offer
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A “Fledermaus” in Tel Aviv
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will present a concert version of Die Fledermaus on July 6, at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium.
Exporting Operette: The World Is Not Enough
What became eventually known as “operetta” or “opérette” didn’t start its life under that name. The earliest works of the
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“Horrible Prettiness or Satanic Subversiveness”?
“Gender Studies” are something on everyone’s lips these days. Yet, somewhat surprisingly, the operetta world has hardly taken note of
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The Metropolis Experiment
The Wien Museum Karlsplatz will open a new exhibition entitled Experiment Metropole on 5 May, 2014. It will focus on
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Cross-Dressing in Operetta: A New Catalogue from Munich
Now, here’s a topic for a book publication to make our operetta hearts beat faster: Ein Bild von einem Mann
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DIE FLEDERMAUS Comic Operetta in 3 acts
The greatest theatrical success of composer Johann Strauss, and the most internationally enduring of all 19th-century Viennese Operetten — the
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DER LUSTIGE KRIEG Operette in 3 acts
The eighth in Strauss’s list of Operetten, Der lustige Krieg followed behind the disastrous Blindekuh and the rather more successful
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Korngolds Operetten(bearbeitungen)
Korngold und die Operette – das ist ein faszinierendes Thema, weil es den Komponisten im Spannungsfeld von ideologischen Widersprüchen der
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