Operetta Research Center » Manuel Brug 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 Are We Finally Getting The Full Original Version Of “La Vie Parisienne”? http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-getting-original-version-offenbachs-la-vie-parisienne/ http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-getting-original-version-offenbachs-la-vie-parisienne/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:25:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22943 What if Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, the most famous German language operetta, had been performed incomplete for the last

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-getting-original-version-offenbachs-la-vie-parisienne/feed/ 1 Koskys “Orphée aux enferns”: Swarovski-Genitalien auf der Suche nach der Hölle http://operetta-research-center.org/koskys-orphee-aux-enferns-swarovski-genitalien-auf-der-suche-nach-der-holle/ http://operetta-research-center.org/koskys-orphee-aux-enferns-swarovski-genitalien-auf-der-suche-nach-der-holle/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:22:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21331 Zum Offenbach-Jubiläum 2019 spielten die Salzburger Festspiele erstmals eine Offenbach-Operette und übertrugen die Regie Barrie Kosky. Leider gaben sie ihm

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/koskys-orphee-aux-enferns-swarovski-genitalien-auf-der-suche-nach-der-holle/feed/ 0 Body Shaming In The Operetta World: Or The Cry For Help From Soprano Kathryn Lewek http://operetta-research-center.org/body-shaming-operetta-world-cry-help-soprano-kathryn-lewek/ http://operetta-research-center.org/body-shaming-operetta-world-cry-help-soprano-kathryn-lewek/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:24:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18267 In his novel Where Angels Fear to Tread, published in 1905, E. M. Forster describes a performance of Lucia di

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/body-shaming-operetta-world-cry-help-soprano-kathryn-lewek/feed/ 5 Offenbach At 200: “Madame Favart” At The Opéra-Comique In Paris http://operetta-research-center.org/madame-favart-opera-comique/ http://operetta-research-center.org/madame-favart-opera-comique/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:24:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17668 Would Brother Jacob have been amused? In any case, the Parisian Opéra-Comique (with a hyphen, meaning the actual opera house,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/madame-favart-opera-comique/feed/ 0 Annette Dasch As Horror Diva. Or: A First Class Operetta Execution. “Fledermaus” In Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/annette-dasch-horror-diva-first-class-operetta-execution-fledermaus-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/annette-dasch-horror-diva-first-class-operetta-execution-fledermaus-berlin/#comments Thu, 10 May 2018 10:14:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14754 No, it’s not exactly news that there are – and always have been – multiple audiences for operetta. And they

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/annette-dasch-horror-diva-first-class-operetta-execution-fledermaus-berlin/feed/ 2 Ein roter Liebesluftballon unter der Zirkuskuppel http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-roter-liebesluftballon-unter-der-zirkuskuppel/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-roter-liebesluftballon-unter-der-zirkuskuppel/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:50:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=3612 Deutschland, geteiltes Operettenland: In Berlin knistert es an Barrie Koskys Komischer Oper erotisch, in München, wo Josef Köpplinger das Gärtnerplatztheater

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