Operetta Research Center » Max Hansen 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 The Boys Are Back: “Operette für zwei schwule Tenöre” Returns To BKA With New Cast http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-fur-zwei-schwule-tenore-bka-2/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-fur-zwei-schwule-tenore-bka-2/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2022 10:12:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23247 The Operette für zwei schwule Tenöre by composer Florian Ludewig and text author Johannes Kram is back in Berlin for

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-fur-zwei-schwule-tenore-bka-2/feed/ 0 Hanns Eisler: Couplets & Ballads With The Amazing HK Gruber http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/ http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:21:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23230 At first glance, Hanns Eisler doesn’t have much to do with operetta. But if you look closer, the very first

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/feed/ 0 Declaration of Bankruptcy? “L’Auberge du Cheval blanc” from the Opéra de Lausanne http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/ http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2022 10:50:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23217 Encountering Im weißen Rössl in its French version can be a joy, as anyone knows who has ever heard Bourvil

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/declaration-bankruptcy-lauberge-du-cheval-blanc-lopera-de-lausanne/feed/ 3 Thomas Enzinger Claims To Reconstruct The 1928 “Lustige Witwe” In Dortmund http://operetta-research-center.org/thomas-enzinger-1920s-lustige-witwe-dortmund/ http://operetta-research-center.org/thomas-enzinger-1920s-lustige-witwe-dortmund/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:41:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22155 You need to read this announcement very carefully: the opera house in Dortmund has released a statement that says they

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/thomas-enzinger-1920s-lustige-witwe-dortmund/feed/ 0 Revisiting “Daniela Ziegler Sings Ralph Benatzky” http://operetta-research-center.org/daniela-ziegler-sings-ralph-benatzky/ http://operetta-research-center.org/daniela-ziegler-sings-ralph-benatzky/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:01:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20373 At the beginning of August 2020 Helga Benatzky died at the blessed age of 96: she had been in charge

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/daniela-ziegler-sings-ralph-benatzky/feed/ 0 “Im weißen Rössl” At Renaissance Theater Berlin: Drowning A Fun Show In Melancholy http://operetta-research-center.org/im-weisen-rossl-renaissance-theater-berlin-drowning-show-melancholy/ http://operetta-research-center.org/im-weisen-rossl-renaissance-theater-berlin-drowning-show-melancholy/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:21:40 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15365 It will come as no surprise when I say that Im weißen Rössl holds an extra-special place in my heart,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/im-weisen-rossl-renaissance-theater-berlin-drowning-show-melancholy/feed/ 1 Message In A Bottle? YouTube As Global Popular Home-Archive For Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/message-bottle-youtube-global-popular-home-archive-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/message-bottle-youtube-global-popular-home-archive-operetta/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2018 08:06:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=14468 In a 2018 essay entitled Das Webvideo als Flaschenpost, or “the web video as message in a bottle,” Chris Tedjasukmana

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/message-bottle-youtube-global-popular-home-archive-operetta/feed/ 0 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 Rosa von Praunheim’s “Jeder Idiot hat eine Oma, nur ich nicht”: The Revival of Cabaret Operetta? http://operetta-research-center.org/rosa-von-praunheims-jeder-idiot-hat-eine-oma-nur-ich-nicht-revival-cabaret-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rosa-von-praunheims-jeder-idiot-hat-eine-oma-nur-ich-nicht-revival-cabaret-operetta/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13896 The format of the cabaret operetta has fallen out of favor, somewhat. 100 years ago, theaters all over the world

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rosa-von-praunheims-jeder-idiot-hat-eine-oma-nur-ich-nicht-revival-cabaret-operetta/feed/ 0 Anneliese Rothenberger & Max Hansen In “Orpheus in der Unterwelt” 1958 http://operetta-research-center.org/anneliese-rothenberger-max-hansen-orpheus-der-unterwelt-1958/ http://operetta-research-center.org/anneliese-rothenberger-max-hansen-orpheus-der-unterwelt-1958/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2017 06:59:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13575 It’s an unusual coupling, to say the very least: Anneliese Rothenberger and Max Hansen in one recording? The hairspray-star of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/anneliese-rothenberger-max-hansen-orpheus-der-unterwelt-1958/feed/ 0 Christian Miebach: Singing “Csardasfürstin” In Rüdersdorf And At The Wedding Of Manuel Neuer http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-miebach-singing-csardasfurstin-rudersdorf-wedding-manuel-neuer/ http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-miebach-singing-csardasfurstin-rudersdorf-wedding-manuel-neuer/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:26:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12727 This dashing young musical comedy guy, born 1990 in Germany’s Black Forrest region near Karlsruhe, just ventured far into “enemy

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/christian-miebach-singing-csardasfurstin-rudersdorf-wedding-manuel-neuer/feed/ 0 Shades Of Grey: “Axel an der Himmelstür” In Vienna http://operetta-research-center.org/shades-grey-axel-der-himmelstur-vienna/ http://operetta-research-center.org/shades-grey-axel-der-himmelstur-vienna/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:48:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11609 Considering the continuing number of revivals of Im weißen Rössl one could be forgiven for thinking that Benatzky composed nothing

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