Operetta Research Center » Komische Oper 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 The Unwelcome Genre: The Comeback of DDR Operettas http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:11:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25762 At long last, there is some movement in the engagement with “Heiteres Musiktheater”. In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), this

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/feed/ 0 Guido Masanetz’s “In Frisco ist der Teufel los“ Comes to Komische Oper http://operetta-research-center.org/komische-oper-operette-guido-masanetzs-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-comes-back-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/komische-oper-operette-guido-masanetzs-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-comes-back-berlin/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:17:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25527 After the Komische Oper Berlin had abruptly stopped her DDR operetta series – which was so far dedicated to the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/komische-oper-operette-guido-masanetzs-frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-comes-back-berlin/feed/ 1 “Mein Freund Bunbury” Cancelled: The End of the Operetta Era at Komische Oper? http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:45:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25495 It came as something of a shock without any pre-warning: At the beginning of the new year the Komische Oper

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 0 “Messeschlager Gisela” Revived in Cottbus – Without the Queer Elements http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/ http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:50:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25641 What was working life like in state-owned enterprises (Volkseigene Betriebe = VEB) in the DDR around 1960 – what dreams

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/feed/ 0 “Katharine Mehrling in Berlin” – The Promise of an Operetta Album to Come? http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:38:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25226 This week, Katharine Mehrling is back at Bar jeder Vernunft in Berlin with a program called 6 Nächte in Berlin,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/feed/ 0 “Messeschager Gisela” – Axel Ranisch Stages Gerd Natschinski’s 1960 Hit http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operette-messeschager-gisela-rendezvous-gerd-natschinski-axel-ranisch-adam-benzwi/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operette-messeschager-gisela-rendezvous-gerd-natschinski-axel-ranisch-adam-benzwi/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:10:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25085 It’s the third attempt in Berlin to breathe new life into the forgotten sub-genre “Heiteres Musiktheater der DDR”, i.e. musicals

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operette-messeschager-gisela-rendezvous-gerd-natschinski-axel-ranisch-adam-benzwi/feed/ 0 “Mein Freund Bunbury” Comes to Komische Oper Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-comes-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-comes-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:43:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25065 The Komische Oper Berlin continues its exploration of Gerd Natschinski and Jacques Offenbach next season. Since the departure of Barrie

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-comes-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 0 Stefan Huber (1960-2023): Ein Nachruf aus Zuschauerperspektive http://operetta-research-center.org/stefan-huber-1960-2023-ein-nachruf-aus-zuschauerperspektive/ http://operetta-research-center.org/stefan-huber-1960-2023-ein-nachruf-aus-zuschauerperspektive/#comments Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:44:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24777 Diese Woche verstarb der Regisseur Stefan Huber. Er hat u.a. mit seiner Operettenserie an der Komischen Oper Berlin Aufmerksamkeit erregt,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/stefan-huber-1960-2023-ein-nachruf-aus-zuschauerperspektive/feed/ 0 “Prinz von Preußen”: A Forgotten DDR Musical Revived in Zittau http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-revived-zittau-sascha-luder/ http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-revived-zittau-sascha-luder/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:28:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24785 At the small Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Zittau (close to the Czech and Polish border in Eastern Germany) you can

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-revived-zittau-sascha-luder/feed/ 0 New Recording from Graz: Nico Dostal’s “Clivia” on cpo http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2023 11:10:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24624 Nico Dostal scored a hit with his Clivia when it premiered at Berlin’s Theater am Nollendorfplatz in December 1933, after

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/feed/ 0 The Battle of the Divas – Desirée Nick, Stefanie Dietrich & Christoph Marti http://operetta-research-center.org/desiree-nick-stefanie-dietrich-christoph-marti-battle-of-the-divas/ http://operetta-research-center.org/desiree-nick-stefanie-dietrich-christoph-marti-battle-of-the-divas/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:39:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24257 There are no real operetta divas around anymore. Or are there? It seems that nowadays most sopranos singing the once-famous

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/desiree-nick-stefanie-dietrich-christoph-marti-battle-of-the-divas/feed/ 0 Daniela Ziegler as the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein – and Other Offenbach Treats http://operetta-research-center.org/daniel-ziegler-grossherzogin-gerolstein-offenbach/ http://operetta-research-center.org/daniel-ziegler-grossherzogin-gerolstein-offenbach/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:39:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24163 The good news is: Daniela Ziegler finally gets to perform Offenbach and star in an operetta. At the Ernst Deutsch

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