Operetta Research Center » Matthias Kauffmann 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 Extra ordinär? Das „Mozart“-Musical von Kunze/Levay in München http://operetta-research-center.org/extra-ordinar-das-neue-mozart-musical-von-sylvester-levay-und-michael-kunze-inszeniert-von-andreas-gergen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/extra-ordinar-das-neue-mozart-musical-von-sylvester-levay-und-michael-kunze-inszeniert-von-andreas-gergen/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:29:24 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25328 Regisseur Andreas Gergen scheitert im Prinzregententheater an einer zeitgemäßen Neudeutung von Michael Kunzes und Sylvester Levays Mozart!-Musical. Zunächst zum Positiven:

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/extra-ordinar-das-neue-mozart-musical-von-sylvester-levay-und-michael-kunze-inszeniert-von-andreas-gergen/feed/ 0 “The Cambridge Companion to Operetta”: Taking A New Look At The Genre In English http://operetta-research-center.org/cambridge-companion-operetta-taking-new-look-genre-english/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cambridge-companion-operetta-taking-new-look-genre-english/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:12:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18730 It was about bloody time, you might say, that someone published a new English language reference book on the history

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cambridge-companion-operetta-taking-new-look-genre-english/feed/ 0 “…was verloren ging”: A New Book About Operetta Before & After 1933 http://operetta-research-center.org/verloren-ging-new-book-operetta-1933/ http://operetta-research-center.org/verloren-ging-new-book-operetta-1933/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:04:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17942 Im Jahr 2005 profilierte sich die Staatsoperette Dresden mit einer überregional vielbeachteten Konferenz, die den Titel Operette unterm Hakenkreuz trug.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/verloren-ging-new-book-operetta-1933/feed/ 1 The First Sperm-Donor Operetta: How “Axel an der Himmelstür” Became “Liebespremiere” In 1943 http://operetta-research-center.org/sperm-donor-operetta-liebespremiere-1943/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sperm-donor-operetta-liebespremiere-1943/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2018 08:34:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14210 The Hollywood spoof Axel an der Himmelstür, with music by Ralph Benatzky, premiered at the Theater an der Wien in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/sperm-donor-operetta-liebespremiere-1943/feed/ 3 The Gay Hussars, Or: Kálmán’s “Ein Herbstmanöver” At Theater Giessen http://operetta-research-center.org/gay-hussars-kalmans-ein-herbstmanover-giessen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gay-hussars-kalmans-ein-herbstmanover-giessen/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2018 10:13:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13795 The unpretentious German city of Giessen has a population of 78,000 and boasts two fine buildings: the railway station and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gay-hussars-kalmans-ein-herbstmanover-giessen/feed/ 1 Alberto Spadolini: The Nude Spy & Dancer From “Die lustige Witwe” 1940 http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/ http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/#comments Sun, 07 Jan 2018 10:17:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13718 We recently ran an article on “Operetta in the Third Reich,” reporting on the new book of the same title

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/alberto-spadolini-nude-dancer-lustige-witwe-1940/feed/ 1 Künneke’s “Die große Sünderin” In Leipzig: Bringing Back Aryan Operetta Today http://operetta-research-center.org/kunnekes-grosse-sunderin-leipzig-aryan-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kunnekes-grosse-sunderin-leipzig-aryan-operetta/#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2017 07:51:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13188 You might recall that back in the 1990s a renewed interest in so called ‘degenerate’ operettas spread around the world.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kunnekes-grosse-sunderin-leipzig-aryan-operetta/feed/ 2 Barbara Denscher’s Victor Léon Biography & Matthias Kauffmann’s “Operette im Dritten Reich” http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/ http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:56:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13048 Has operetta research shifted gear? One could think so, considering that there are finally in-depth academic studies coming out that

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/feed/ 3 Operette untern Hakenkreuz http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-unterm-hakenkreuz-staatsoperette-dresden/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-unterm-hakenkreuz-staatsoperette-dresden/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:12:57 +0000 http://chateauorwey.com/orca/?p=893 This interesting book contains 13 papers by different authors, delivered in symposium at the Dresden Staatsoperette (the one subsidized theatre

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