Operetta Research Center » Kiri te Kanawa 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 Giorgio Madia: “Entertainment, that’s an insult!” http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:26:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25770 Stage director and choreographer Giorgio Madia discusses operetta then and now, with a special focus on the Mörbisch festival years

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-giorgio-madia-entertainment-thats-insult/feed/ 0 The Showtime Series: Historic Recordings Of “Mademoiselle Modiste” & “Naughty Marietta” http://operetta-research-center.org/showtime-series-historic-recordings/ http://operetta-research-center.org/showtime-series-historic-recordings/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:56:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21939 After 1945, Decca and American Columbia developed the 33 rpm LP vinyl record to replace the 78 rpm shellac disc.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/showtime-series-historic-recordings/feed/ 0 Remembering Mady Mesplé – France’s “Madame Opérette” http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-mady-mesple-frances-madame-operette/ http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-mady-mesple-frances-madame-operette/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2020 07:38:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19668 I heard yesterday that Mady Mesplé had died. I have to admit that, to me, she belonged to a past

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-mady-mesple-frances-madame-operette/feed/ 1 “La Rondine”: Does The Operetta Revolution In Berlin Continue With Puccini? http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-revolution-berlin-continues-la-rondine/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-revolution-berlin-continues-la-rondine/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2015 09:20:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6042 Are we entering the second phase of the operetta revolution in Berlin? After the Komische Oper re-discovered the genre and

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