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“The Pa! The Ma! And the Shah!”: Offenbach’s “Island of Tulipatan” As A “Persian Operatic Bouffonerie”

kevin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 10:20:55 +0000

The one-act l‘île de Tulipatan, written by Jacques Offenbach with his librettists Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru in 1868 for

kevin — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:06:33 +0000

Among the various US-American operetta companies, the Comic Opera Guild continues to draw international attention through recordings that offer a

kevin — Thu, 03 May 2018 06:04:37 +0000

Hot on the heels of LOONY’s Naughty Marietta only one week before, along came yet another Victor Herbert work, but

kevin — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 10:12:00 +0000

This most famous of Victor Herbert’s operettas, and arguably his best, received a classy salon concert performance the other night

kevin — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 07:55:57 +0000

We need to talk about Offenbach, seriously and right now. Is it a sign of our gender-queer times that of

kevin — Wed, 24 May 2017 09:05:11 +0000

The Light Opera of New York (LOONY) shifted gears this spring from its annual early American operetta – usually by

kevin — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:56:01 +0000

The title of this flavorsome concert mounted by LOONY on a seriously rainy Wednesday at the fabled Players Club was

kevin — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:02:16 +0000

LOONY (Light Opera of New York) raised its own bar by several notches with their latest production. For starters, although

kevin — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:32:54 +0000

This isn’t the first time this fearless little company has attempted a great big operetta that, by all rights, should

kevin — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 15:44:50 +0000

LOONY’s real season doesn’t get underway till 2014 when they’ll be doing full productions of Sigmund Romberg’s The New Moon