Operetta Research Center » Louis Treumann 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 “Lachende Erben“, Or: Another Weinberger? http://operetta-research-center.org/lachende-erben-another-weinberger/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lachende-erben-another-weinberger/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:11:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23389 Carl [Rudolf Michael] Weinberger was born in Vienna on 3 April, 1861, and he died there on 1 November, 1939.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lachende-erben-another-weinberger/feed/ 0 LA VIE PARISIENNE Opéra-bouffe in 4 (originally 5) acts by Jacques Offenbach http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/ http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:25:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22290 In the midst of Meilhac, Halévy and Offenbach’s dazzling series of successes with the earliest of their famous opéras-bouffes –

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/feed/ 1 “The Operetta Empire”: A New Book By Micaela Baranello http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-empire-new-book-micaela-baranello/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-empire-new-book-micaela-baranello/#comments Mon, 03 May 2021 10:59:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21853 Rejoice greatly! There’s another big English language book on operetta, following last year’s Cambridge Companion to Operetta. This new publication

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-empire-new-book-micaela-baranello/feed/ 0 Dumbing Down Operetta: Thomas Macho’s New Lehár Movie On Arte http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:55:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21120 Obviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/feed/ 1 “Die lustige Witwe”: First CD Release Of The Original 1907 Berlin Cast http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-first-cd-release-original-1907-berlin-cast/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-first-cd-release-original-1907-berlin-cast/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:00:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19703 It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that this first ever CD release of Die lustige Witwe with the 1906/7

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-first-cd-release-original-1907-berlin-cast/feed/ 3 “Mary Poppins” As London’s Unashamedly Old-Fashioned Christmas Spectacle http://operetta-research-center.org/mary-poppins-londons-unashamedly-old-fashioned-christmas-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mary-poppins-londons-unashamedly-old-fashioned-christmas-operetta/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:43:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18548 Mary Poppins is an unashamedly old-fashioned “feel-good musical,” at times very pantomimic in style, at times almost a “nostalgic operetta”

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/mary-poppins-londons-unashamedly-old-fashioned-christmas-operetta/feed/ 0 “Die lustige Witwe” With Marlis Petersen And Iurii Samoilov – Live From Oper Frankfurt http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-marlis-petersen-iurii-samoilov/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-marlis-petersen-iurii-samoilov/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:29:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17748 The original composer chosen für Die lustige Witwe by authors Leo Stein and Victor Léon was: Richard Heuberger. After he

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-marlis-petersen-iurii-samoilov/feed/ 0 A Critical Quotebook: Marion Linhardt’s “Stimmen zur Unterhaltung” Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/critical-quotebook-operetta-marion-linhardts-stimmen-zur-unterhaltung/ http://operetta-research-center.org/critical-quotebook-operetta-marion-linhardts-stimmen-zur-unterhaltung/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:03:44 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14504 This is one of those publications that should have made a big splash – but didn’t. Back in 2009, Marion

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/critical-quotebook-operetta-marion-linhardts-stimmen-zur-unterhaltung/feed/ 3 World Premiere Recording: Kálmán’s “The Little King” From Ohio http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-kalmans-little-king-ohio/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-kalmans-little-king-ohio/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:23:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10236 Could any musical comedy from 1912 be more up-to-date from today’s war-on-terror-perspective? This is the story of a revolution of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-kalmans-little-king-ohio/feed/ 0 “Der kleine König”: Kalman’s Diva With the Bomb http://operetta-research-center.org/der-kleine-konig-kalmans-diva-bomb/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-kleine-konig-kalmans-diva-bomb/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:15:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=3542 A soprano with a bomb in her handbag, with which she intends to blow up the male lead? That’s certainly

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/der-kleine-konig-kalmans-diva-bomb/feed/ 4 Kalman’s Tango-Operetta “Der kleine König” at Ohio This Summer http://operetta-research-center.org/674/ http://operetta-research-center.org/674/#comments Sun, 25 May 2014 12:09:39 +0000 http://chateauorwey.com/orca/?p=674 The Ohio Light Opera in Wooster (“America’s Premiere Lyric Theatre Festival”) has announced its 2014 season. It will make fans

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/674/feed/ 0 DIE LUSTIGE WITWE Operette in 3 acts http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-operette-3-acts/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-operette-3-acts/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:30:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/orca/?p=2214 Henri Meilhac’s play L’Attaché d’ambassade, produced at Paris’s Théâtre du Vaudeville in 1861, was not a success. It was played

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