Operetta Research Center » Leonard Bernstein http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 02 May 2026 19:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Bernsteins “Candide“ im Musiktheater an der Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/bernsteins-candide-musiktheater-an-der-wien/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bernsteins-candide-musiktheater-an-der-wien/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:47:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25022 Zu Beginn seiner Amtszeit hatte der neue Intendant des Musiktheaters an der Wien, Stefan Herheim, programmatisch verkündet, dass er jedes

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bernsteins-candide-musiktheater-an-der-wien/feed/ 0 Glitter And Be Gay: Marin Alsop’s New “Candide“ From London http://operetta-research-center.org/marin-alsop-candide-london/ http://operetta-research-center.org/marin-alsop-candide-london/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:10:01 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23056 Finding the best of all possible Candide recordings is hard. Because Leonard Bernstein’s eclectic work from 1956 – his only

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/marin-alsop-candide-london/feed/ 1 “Inselzauber”: Landesbühne Sachsen Streams Offenbach’s Genderqueer “Island Of Tulipatan” http://operetta-research-center.org/inselzauber-landesbuhne-sachsen-streams-offenbachs-island-tulipatan/ http://operetta-research-center.org/inselzauber-landesbuhne-sachsen-streams-offenbachs-island-tulipatan/#comments Fri, 07 May 2021 09:19:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21868 Due to Corona, Landesbühnen Sachsen in Germany put on two small scale one-acters last year: Offenbach’s The Island of Tulipatan

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/inselzauber-landesbuhne-sachsen-streams-offenbachs-island-tulipatan/feed/ 0 Mörbisch Festival 2020 Cancelled – Bad Ischl Plans To Go On http://operetta-research-center.org/morbisch-festival-2020-cancelled-bad-ischl-plans-go/ http://operetta-research-center.org/morbisch-festival-2020-cancelled-bad-ischl-plans-go/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:36:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19299 There’s a certain irony at play here: the world’s largest operetta festival in Mörbisch kicked out their old director, Dagmar

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/morbisch-festival-2020-cancelled-bad-ischl-plans-go/feed/ 0 “Casta Diva”: The World’s First Gay Opera Guide With Two Operettas And Some Hidden Porn http://operetta-research-center.org/casta-diva-worlds-first-gay-opera-guide/ http://operetta-research-center.org/casta-diva-worlds-first-gay-opera-guide/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:39:29 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18598 So here it is, the world’s “first gay opera guide,” or so the publisher claims. It’s a small Berlin based

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/casta-diva-worlds-first-gay-opera-guide/feed/ 0 “Nothing More Than This?”: Bernstein’s “Candide” as Existential Vaudeville in Barrie Kosky’s Berlin Production http://operetta-research-center.org/nothing-candide-existential-vaudeville/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nothing-candide-existential-vaudeville/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2019 11:46:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16977 Imagine a world that persistently rewards the rich and powerful while immiserating the masses. Imagine an international paternalist cartel that

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/nothing-candide-existential-vaudeville/feed/ 1 The Bernstein/Kosky “Candide” At Komische Oper Berlin: “A Really Spectacular Disaster”? http://operetta-research-center.org/candide-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/candide-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:50:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16176 Writing an operetta in the 1950s for Broadway was certainly – a bit eccentric! The grand operetta hits had all

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/candide-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 2 “West Side Story” Comparing Interpretations On Deutschlandradio Kultur http://operetta-research-center.org/west-side-story-comparing-interpretations-deutschlandradio-kultur/ http://operetta-research-center.org/west-side-story-comparing-interpretations-deutschlandradio-kultur/#comments Sat, 28 May 2016 08:38:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9942 Most people will probably ask: what does West Side Story have to do with operetta? Isn’t it anything but an

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/west-side-story-comparing-interpretations-deutschlandradio-kultur/feed/ 0 The Comic Operetta “Candide” And The Germans http://operetta-research-center.org/comic-operetta-candide-germans/ http://operetta-research-center.org/comic-operetta-candide-germans/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:56:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=8940 The popularity of Candide in Germany can be attributed to several factors: the continuing high profile of Leonard Bernstein, the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/german-cast-recordings-west-side-story/feed/ 1 “Sluts” Are Great Singers Too: The Return Of Operetta-Diva Julia Migenes http://operetta-research-center.org/sluts-singers-julia-migenes-operetta-diva/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sluts-singers-julia-migenes-operetta-diva/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:14:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6680 If you live in Germany and are interested in classical music, you probably know the broschure concerti. They have a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/sluts-singers-julia-migenes-operetta-diva/feed/ 3 “On the Town”: Leonard Bernstein’s Classic A Must-See On Broadway http://operetta-research-center.org/town-leonard-bernsteins-classic-must-see-broadway/ http://operetta-research-center.org/town-leonard-bernsteins-classic-must-see-broadway/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2014 11:48:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=4680 In December 1944, composer Leonard Bernstein, choreographer Jerome Robbins, and librettists Betty Comden and Adolph Green all made their Broadway

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