Operetta Research Center » Kurt Gänzl 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 International Success of Johann Strauss’ “Das Spitzentuch der Königin“ (1880) http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/ http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:46:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25481 Following the notable success of Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss had fared less well with Cagliostro in Wien and Prinz Methusalem

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/feed/ 1 The New “La Vie parisienne” from Palazzetto Bru Zane http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/ http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:38:39 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25347 Yesterday a long-awaited recording arrived on my desk-top. ‘Long-awaited’? Of course. The latest from the firm of Bru Zane, the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/feed/ 0 Roger’s “Joséphine Vendue Par Ses Soeurs” Returns to Paris http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-rogers-opera-bouffe-josephine-vendue-par-ses-soeurs/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-rogers-opera-bouffe-josephine-vendue-par-ses-soeurs/#comments Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:53:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25247 In January 2025 the Compagnie Fortunio is bringing the opéra-bouffe Joséphine Vendue Par Ses Soeurs back to Paris, for a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-rogers-opera-bouffe-josephine-vendue-par-ses-soeurs/feed/ 0 Routlegde’s “Genre Beyond Borders: Reassessing Operetta” http://operetta-research-center.org/routlegdes-genre-beyond-borders-reassessing-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/routlegdes-genre-beyond-borders-reassessing-operetta/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:35:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25145 Back in the year 2019, the University of Leeds hosted an conference put together by Derek B. Scott and Anastasia

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/routlegdes-genre-beyond-borders-reassessing-operetta/feed/ 0 “Social Evil”: The Girards and Offenbach’s “Princess of Trebizonde” in Melbourne http://operetta-research-center.org/girards-offenbachs-princess-trebizonde-melbourne-court-case-social-evil/ http://operetta-research-center.org/girards-offenbachs-princess-trebizonde-melbourne-court-case-social-evil/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:42:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24975 Recently, Offenbach researchers have started looking a little beyond the usual boundaries of “established” source material, one of them is

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/girards-offenbachs-princess-trebizonde-melbourne-court-case-social-evil/feed/ 1 Carl Millöcker (b. Vienna, 29 April 1842; d. Baden bei Wien, 31 December 1899) http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/ http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 21:16:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24928 Carl Millöcker was one of the trio of Viennese composers who were responsible for the bulk of the outstanding Operetten

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/carl-millocker-vienna-29-april-1842-baden-bei-wien-31-december-1899/feed/ 0 “Der arme Jonathan”: Operette in 3 acts by Carl Millöker http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:49:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24916 Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer based their libretto on Les Deux Anglais by P-F Merville, Carl Millöcker wrote the music. Their show, Der

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/der-arme-jonathan-operette-3-acts-carl-milloker/feed/ 0 First Full Cast Recording of Gustave Kerker’s “The Belle of New York” http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:29:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24805 As everyone who’s currently watching season 2 of The Gilded Age knows: marriage in New York City among the super-rich

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/feed/ 3 “Camelot” Returns With A New Broadway Cast Album http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-returns-new-broadway-cast-album/ http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-returns-new-broadway-cast-album/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:13:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24568 I have always liked 90 percent of Camelot. And 100 percent of its delicious source material. I am, yes, too

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-returns-new-broadway-cast-album/feed/ 3 Rodgers & Hammerstein Revisited: “The King and I” & “South Pacific” on Jay Records http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 12:55:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24475 This morning I had an interesting package on my desktop. Complete recordings of The King and I (1994) and South

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/feed/ 1 “Offenbach, Musicien Européen” Or, Put Away the Sellotape http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-musician-europeen-review-kurt-ganzl-put-away-sellotape/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-musician-europeen-review-kurt-ganzl-put-away-sellotape/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:21:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24006 In the summer of 2019 researchers from all around the world gathered for a double conference in Cologne and Paris,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-musician-europeen-review-kurt-ganzl-put-away-sellotape/feed/ 1 Blackface and Crossdressing: The Great Minstrel ‘Prima Donnas’ http://operetta-research-center.org/blackface-crossdressing-great-minstrel-prima-donne/ http://operetta-research-center.org/blackface-crossdressing-great-minstrel-prima-donne/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:33:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23923 In the 21st century, when it is considered oh-so-trendy for boys to dress up as girls, the trendy ones (and

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