The New “La Vie parisienne” from Palazzetto Bru Zane
Yesterday a long-awaited recording arrived on my desk-top. ‘Long-awaited’? Of course. The latest from the firm of Bru Zane, the
read moreYesterday a long-awaited recording arrived on my desk-top. ‘Long-awaited’? Of course. The latest from the firm of Bru Zane, the
read moreIn January 2025 the Compagnie Fortunio is bringing the opéra-bouffe Joséphine Vendue Par Ses Soeurs back to Paris, for a
read moreBack in the year 2019, the University of Leeds hosted an conference put together by Derek B. Scott and Anastasia
read moreRecently, Offenbach researchers have started looking a little beyond the usual boundaries of “established” source material, one of them is
read moreCarl Millöcker was one of the trio of Viennese composers who were responsible for the bulk of the outstanding Operetten
read moreHugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer based their libretto on Les Deux Anglais by P-F Merville, Carl Millöcker wrote the music. Their show, Der
read moreAs everyone who’s currently watching season 2 of The Gilded Age knows: marriage in New York City among the super-rich
read moreI have always liked 90 percent of Camelot. And 100 percent of its delicious source material. I am, yes, too
read moreThis morning I had an interesting package on my desktop. Complete recordings of The King and I (1994) and South
read moreIn the summer of 2019 researchers from all around the world gathered for a double conference in Cologne and Paris,
read moreIn the 21st century, when it is considered oh-so-trendy for boys to dress up as girls, the trendy ones (and
read moreIn recent years we have seen a splendid series of recordings brought forth – in England, France, Italy – of
read moreThe show was commissioned from Sandy Wilson, the author-composer of The Boy Friend, by Oscar Lewenstein and the Royal Court Theatre as
read moreWhen you have spent more than 20 years researching and writing a book, when you have lived and breathed the
read moreOne of the earliest successful comic operas to come out of America, El Capitan was also the one successful attempt
read moreI came upon this grand 1892 poster this week… I didn’t know anything about the show, my experience of the
read moreA new recording from Bru Zane? After their tremendous job with La Fille de Madame Angot, I am all agog.
read moreThree years and eight major shows after the splenditious production of Le Roi Carotte, Offenbach returned to the world of
read moreJean Gilbert’s operetta with the original libretto by Georg Okonkowski premiered on 22 November 1912 at Deutsches Operettentheater, Hamburg, as
read moreCarl [Rudolf Michael] Weinberger was born in Vienna on 3 April, 1861, and he died there on 1 November, 1939.
read moreI have just been on a very, very happy trip down memory boulevard. For a couple of years of my
read moreThis isn’t an obituary. No facts. I never met Dave, though we have been in touch for half a century.
read moreThe original edition of Kurt Gänzl’s The Musical came out in 1997, as a “Concise History” published by Northeastern University
read moreThis operette in 3 acts by F Zell is based on the comédie-vaudeville Nanon, Ninon et Madame de Maintenon by
read moreI feel very honoured and flattered to have been asked to write about the most important book to be written
read moreOnce upon a time, not so very long ago, a young lady radio or TV ‘interviewer’ asked me: what was
read moreThe students of Leipzig’s Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschule had planned to put on Offenbach’sUn Mari à la Porte / Ein
read moreThe most successful stage musical work of Reynaldo Hahn, Ciboulette was written to a text by two of the most
read moreVermutlich kennen Fans der Mel-Brooks-Filme den ekstatischen Liebesschrei „A Sweet Mystery of Life“ besser als die meisten Operettenfans hierzulande. Denn
read moreI was surprised, and delighted, to hear that the Staatsoperette Dresden are to give an all-“Britisch” concert, taking in a
read moreI’m the oldest standing member of the Operetta Research Center. I was one of the fairies who presided at its
read moreThe sky is blue, the sun is shining, the waves are tinkling on the shore a hundred metres from me
read moreThe history of Die lustige Witwe has fascinated us, here at the Operetta Research Center, immensely over the past months.
read moreHervé’s second attempt, after Les Chevaliers de la table ronde (1866), to produce a full-length burlesque opérette to challenge the
read moreHervé’s 1867 opéra bouffe L’œil crevé (literally “The pierced eye” or “It hit me right in the eye”) was first
read moreThe Berlin based “collective for contemporary operette*” which calls itself Tutti d*Amore presented their take on Offenbach’s 1857 one-acter Vent-du-soir
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