Operetta Research Center » Johannes Heesters 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 90 Years Ago “Der blaue Engel” Premiered – With Operetta Star Marlene Dietrich http://operetta-research-center.org/90-years-ago-der-blaue-engel-premiered-operetta-star-marlene-dietrich/ http://operetta-research-center.org/90-years-ago-der-blaue-engel-premiered-operetta-star-marlene-dietrich/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2020 08:42:01 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19412 Today, 90 years ago on 1 April 1930, the famous film Der blaue Engel premiered in Berlin’s Gloria Palace. It

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/90-years-ago-der-blaue-engel-premiered-operetta-star-marlene-dietrich/feed/ 0 Alberto Spadolini: The Nude Spy & Dancer From “Die lustige Witwe” 1940 http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/ http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/#comments Sun, 07 Jan 2018 10:17:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13718 We recently ran an article on “Operetta in the Third Reich,” reporting on the new book of the same title

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/feed/ 1 The Problem With Thielemann’s Dresden New Year’s Concert http://operetta-research-center.org/problem-thielemanns-dresden-new-years-concert-ufa-filmoperettas-opera-singers/ http://operetta-research-center.org/problem-thielemanns-dresden-new-years-concert-ufa-filmoperettas-opera-singers/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:58:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13681 Yes, it’s that time of year again when New Year’s concerts are unavoidable. It’s also the time when those in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/problem-thielemanns-dresden-new-years-concert-ufa-filmoperettas-opera-singers/feed/ 13 Barbara Denscher’s Victor Léon Biography & Matthias Kauffmann’s “Operette im Dritten Reich” http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/ http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:56:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13048 Has operetta research shifted gear? One could think so, considering that there are finally in-depth academic studies coming out that

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/feed/ 3 An Overdose Of Nostalgia: The Arthaus TV Operetta Series http://operetta-research-center.org/arthaus-tv-operetta-series/ http://operetta-research-center.org/arthaus-tv-operetta-series/#comments Sun, 12 Mar 2017 09:45:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11772 Can this really be happening, is Arthaus-Unitel seriously re-issuing all of these old TV operetta adaptations from the early 1970s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/arthaus-tv-operetta-series/feed/ 6 “Swing tanzen verboten”: A Little Book On Operetta After 1933 http://operetta-research-center.org/swing-tanzen-verboten-little-book-operetta-1933/ http://operetta-research-center.org/swing-tanzen-verboten-little-book-operetta-1933/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2016 09:00:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9573 It’s a small book, but full of interesting content: Swing tanzen verboten. Unterhaltungsmusik nach 1933 zwischen Widerstand, Propaganda und Vertreibung.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/swing-tanzen-verboten-little-book-operetta-1933/feed/ 2 150 Years Gärtnerplatz Theater: An Illustrated History & Exhibition http://operetta-research-center.org/150-years-gaertnerplatz-theater-illustrated-history/ http://operetta-research-center.org/150-years-gaertnerplatz-theater-illustrated-history/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:47:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=8625 Das Gärtnerplatztheater in München ist hundertfünfzig geworden. Gefeiert wurde das Jubiläum jedoch außerhalb, weil das Haus saniert wird. Ein vergrößerter

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/150-years-gaertnerplatz-theater-illustrated-history/feed/ 0 Danilo In Dachau: The Man Who Battled Heesters Dies Age 81 http://operetta-research-center.org/danilo-dachau-man-battled-heesters-died-age-81/ http://operetta-research-center.org/danilo-dachau-man-battled-heesters-died-age-81/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2015 10:30:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=8136 Many younger people in Germany might not know Volker Kühn – and many people in the English speaking world have

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/danilo-dachau-man-battled-heesters-died-age-81/feed/ 1 A Day Of Liberation? The 8th of May 1945 In Operetta History http://operetta-research-center.org/day-total-capitulation-may-8-1945/ http://operetta-research-center.org/day-total-capitulation-may-8-1945/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:53:08 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6872 The 8th of May, 1945 was a sunny Tuesday in the Third Reich. It was the day General Hans-Georg von

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/day-total-capitulation-may-8-1945/feed/ 0 A Vienna Heart in the Star-Spangled Banner: Bruno Granichstaedten http://operetta-research-center.org/vienna-heart-star-spangled-banner-interview-bruno-granichstaedten/ http://operetta-research-center.org/vienna-heart-star-spangled-banner-interview-bruno-granichstaedten/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:50:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=4273 The Austrian music historian, film director and author Ernst Kaufmann has written a biography of his uncle – composer Bruno

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