Operetta Research Center » Musikalische Komödie Leipzig 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 The Unwelcome Genre: The Comeback of DDR Operettas http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:11:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25762 At long last, there is some movement in the engagement with “Heiteres Musiktheater”. In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), this

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unwelcome-genre-ddr-operetten-revivall/feed/ 0 “Prinz von Preußen”: A Forgotten DDR Musical Revived in Zittau http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-revived-zittau-sascha-luder/ http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-revived-zittau-sascha-luder/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:28:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24785 At the small Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Zittau (close to the Czech and Polish border in Eastern Germany) you can

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/prinz-von-preusen-ddr-musical-revived-zittau-sascha-luder/feed/ 0 Ushering in a New Era: “Dollarprinzessin” at Musikalische Komödie Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/dollarprinzessin-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dollarprinzessin-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:32:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23952 It’s a new dawn in Leipzig. The opera company has a new director, Tobias Wolff, who opened his first season

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dollarprinzessin-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/feed/ 3 “Dollarprinzessin”: First Productions At Leipzig Opera Under Tobias Wolff http://operetta-research-center.org/tobias-wolff-dollarprinzessin-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tobias-wolff-dollarprinzessin-leipzig/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:08:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23815 Leipzig Opera has begun the exciting countdown to the first new productions under its new General Director, Tobias Wolff, and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/tobias-wolff-dollarprinzessin-leipzig/feed/ 0 Operetten-Gesamtaufnahmen der letzten zehn Jahre: Ein Überblick http://operetta-research-center.org/operetten-gesamtaufnahmen-der-letzten-zehn-jahre-ein-uberblick/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operetten-gesamtaufnahmen-der-letzten-zehn-jahre-ein-uberblick/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:00:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23185 Operette hat Konjunktur. In den letzten Jahren sind (meist beim Label cpo) rund zwei Dutzend Aufnahmen auf CD erschienen, meist

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operetten-gesamtaufnahmen-der-letzten-zehn-jahre-ein-uberblick/feed/ 1 Jean Gilbert’s “Kinokönigin” (1913) Is Returning To The Stage In Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:53:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22386 There’s interesting news from Leipzig, where the Musikalische Komödie has just announced what they’ll be doing in the 2021/22 season.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/feed/ 0 A New Dawn In Leipzig? Musikalische Komödie Reopens With A “Gräfin Mariza” Stream http://operetta-research-center.org/new-dawn-leipzig-musikalische-komodie-reopens-grafin-mariza-stream/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-dawn-leipzig-musikalische-komodie-reopens-grafin-mariza-stream/#comments Fri, 07 May 2021 10:08:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21877 “Another opening, another show…” But not in Philly or Boston, as Cole Porter once rhymed for Kiss Me, Kate, but

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-dawn-leipzig-musikalische-komodie-reopens-grafin-mariza-stream/feed/ 0 Refreshing & Modern: Musikalische Komödie Starts Collaboration with Young Filmmakers http://operetta-research-center.org/refreshing-modern-musikalische-komodie-starts-collaboration-young-filmmakers/ http://operetta-research-center.org/refreshing-modern-musikalische-komodie-starts-collaboration-young-filmmakers/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:55:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21820 Operetta goes online? That’s not exactly news, after more than a year of Corona lockdowns and closed theaters, when there

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/refreshing-modern-musikalische-komodie-starts-collaboration-young-filmmakers/feed/ 0 A Revived Interest In “Heiteres Musiktheater der DDR”? It’s Not Just About Nostalgia http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:08:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21140 Recently, Wolfgang Jansen published a collection of essays dealing with “Popular Music Theater under Socialism,” an aspect of 20th century

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/feed/ 1 “Bretter, die die die Welt bedeuten“: The DDR Musical Returns To Musikalische Komödie Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:32:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20534 Is this the start of something like “reparation” after an endless period of neglect? On 18 September 2020 Bretter, die

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/feed/ 0 A New “Eine Nacht in Venedig” From Oper Graz On CPO http://operetta-research-center.org/new-eine-nacht-venedig-oper-graz-cpo/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-eine-nacht-venedig-oper-graz-cpo/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:34:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20512 What grabbed my immediate attention with this new Eine Nacht in Venedig on cpo are the names on the cover:

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-eine-nacht-venedig-oper-graz-cpo/feed/ 0 Focus On DDR Operetta: “Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten” At Musikalische Komödie Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-bretter-die-die-welt-bedeuten-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ddr-operetta-bretter-die-die-welt-bedeuten-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:56:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19972 Various opera houses in German speaking countries have presented new or adapted programs for their fall season, with productions they

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