Operetta Research Center » John Philip Sousa 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 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 John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan” (1896) http://operetta-research-center.org/john-philip-sousas-el-capitan-1896/ http://operetta-research-center.org/john-philip-sousas-el-capitan-1896/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:00:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23678 One of the earliest successful comic operas to come out of America, El Capitan was also the one successful attempt

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