“Social Evil”: The Girards and Offenbach’s “Princess of Trebizonde” in Melbourne
Recently, Offenbach researchers have started looking a little beyond the usual boundaries of “established” source material, one of them is
read moreRecently, Offenbach researchers have started looking a little beyond the usual boundaries of “established” source material, one of them is
read moreAt long last someone has written a brand new Offenbach book – in English. And what’s even better, it’s a
read moreOperetta was one of the most successful forms of theatre to go transglobal in the 19th and early 20th century.
read moreIt is an accepted notion that Gilbert and Sullivan were careful to exclude anything in their comic operas that could
read moreOffenbach was introduced to the Russian stage when a French company played La belle Hélène at the Imperial Mikhailovsky Theatre
read moreLa Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein was, arguably, Offenbach’s first truly transglobal success. It benefitted from opening during the Exposition universelle
read moreThe English author Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) is best known as a novelist and playwright. He also kept a journal in
read moreWhen it comes to the Middle-East, there’s not an awful lot of operetta performance history that comes to mind.
read moreNo one can really claim that there is not an abundance of exciting Offenbach literature that has been published since
read moreIn their September newsletter, The Jacques Offenbach Society alerts its readers to a new book edited by Jean-Claude Yon. It’s
read moreWhen Germany’s ultra-conservative Offenbach crusader Peter Hawig – who in a recent Jacques Offenbach Society newsletter remarked that “tying” the
read moreYou might wonder whether they are serious – ‘them’ being the French-German Kultursender arte. They are celebrating the 200th birthday
read moreThe one-act l‘île de Tulipatan, written by Jacques Offenbach with his librettists Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru in 1868 for
read moreHow do you solve a problem like – operetta? The question has been asked many times over, especially since so
read moreLet’s start this review backwards, shall we? The last sentence in Peter Hawig’s new book for the Offenbach bicentenary is:
read moreEnterprising Ohio Light Opera, ever devoted to ‘authentic’ productions from the world of musical comedy and operetta, seems to go
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