Operetta Research Center » Nico Dostal 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 Stefan Huber (1960-2023): Ein Nachruf aus Zuschauerperspektive http://operetta-research-center.org/stefan-huber-1960-2023-ein-nachruf-aus-zuschauerperspektive/ http://operetta-research-center.org/stefan-huber-1960-2023-ein-nachruf-aus-zuschauerperspektive/#comments Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:44:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24777 Diese Woche verstarb der Regisseur Stefan Huber. Er hat u.a. mit seiner Operettenserie an der Komischen Oper Berlin Aufmerksamkeit erregt,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/stefan-huber-1960-2023-ein-nachruf-aus-zuschauerperspektive/feed/ 0 New Recording from Graz: Nico Dostal’s “Clivia” on cpo http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2023 11:10:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24624 Nico Dostal scored a hit with his Clivia when it premiered at Berlin’s Theater am Nollendorfplatz in December 1933, after

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-recording-oper-graz-nico-dostal-clivia-cpo/feed/ 0 “Swapping The Canon” To Dismantle Racism & Hetero-Cis-Patriarchy? Proposals For Higher Education In The USA http://operetta-research-center.org/swapping-canon-ideological-debates-affecting-higher-eduation-usa/ http://operetta-research-center.org/swapping-canon-ideological-debates-affecting-higher-eduation-usa/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:58:03 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20699 There’s a lot happening in the world of theater right now, not just because of Corona and the ongoing lockdown

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/swapping-canon-ideological-debates-affecting-higher-eduation-usa/feed/ 2 “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 “Ich wollt’ ich wär’ ein Huhn “: Tackling Toxic Nazi Era Material At Komische Oper Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/ich-wollt-ich-war-ein-huhn-tackling-toxic-song-material-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ich-wollt-ich-war-ein-huhn-tackling-toxic-song-material-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:19:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19063 It’s a daring and adventurous undertaking: while everyone else is busy with “The (New) Twenties” these days, Komische Oper Berlin

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ich-wollt-ich-war-ein-huhn-tackling-toxic-song-material-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 2 Bringing Back Abraham: “Märchen Im Grand Hotel” At Staatstheater Hannover http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-marchen-im-grand-hotel-staatstheater-hannover/ http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-marchen-im-grand-hotel-staatstheater-hannover/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:57:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18573 It’s hard to believe, but this is actually only the second fully staged production of Paul Abraham’s Märchen im Grand

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/abraham-marchen-im-grand-hotel-staatstheater-hannover/feed/ 1 Berlin’s Entertainment Industry In The 1920s As Seen By Willy Römer & On Sheet Music Covers http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-entertainment-industry-1920s-seen-willy-romer-sheet-music-covers/ http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-entertainment-industry-1920s-seen-willy-romer-sheet-music-covers/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2019 09:22:24 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16783 Tea might be the only simple pleasure left to us, as Oscar Wilde once remarked. But you need to be

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-entertainment-industry-1920s-seen-willy-romer-sheet-music-covers/feed/ 2 Kismet Meets Operetta: Nico Dostal’s “Prinzessin Nofretete” From Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/nico-dostals-prinzessin-nofretete-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nico-dostals-prinzessin-nofretete-leipzig/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2017 21:15:29 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13402 If you like your operettas exotic, grand, over-the-top and as a total blast, you will probably love the overture to

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/nico-dostals-prinzessin-nofretete-leipzig/feed/ 0 A New Biogragphy Of Charles Amberg – Lyricist Of “Clivia” http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-charles-amberg/ http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-charles-amberg/#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2017 17:12:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11917 Charles Amberg (1894-1946) is not exactly a household name today, and even dedicated operetta fans will be hard pressed to

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-charles-amberg/feed/ 1 Viennese Operetta Gems 1927-1949: A Classic Naxos Compilation http://operetta-research-center.org/viennese-operetta-gems-naxos/ http://operetta-research-center.org/viennese-operetta-gems-naxos/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:56:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11619 Any operetta compilation that starts with Charles Kullmann singing “Als flotter Geist, doch früh verwaist” like this has my immediate

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/viennese-operetta-gems-naxos/feed/ 4 Dostal’s “Ungarische Hochzeit” (1939): First Complete Recording Of “Lebensraum” Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/dostals-ungarische-hochzeit-cpo/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dostals-ungarische-hochzeit-cpo/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2016 10:10:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11078 Here is a new and first complete recording of Nico Dostal’s 1939 operetta Ungarische Hochzeit – premiered at the opera

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dostals-ungarische-hochzeit-cpo/feed/ 0 „Ich reiß mir eine Wimper aus und stech’ dich damit tot!“ Die Entnazifizierung der NS-Operette zwischen 1945 und 2015 http://operetta-research-center.org/ich-reis-mir-eine-wimper-aus-und-stech-dich-damit-tot-die-entnazifizierung-der-ns-operette-zwischen-1945-und-2015/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ich-reis-mir-eine-wimper-aus-und-stech-dich-damit-tot-die-entnazifizierung-der-ns-operette-zwischen-1945-und-2015/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2016 22:17:01 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10152 Nach der sogenannten „Stunde Null“ am 8. Mai 1945 hatten die Menschen in Deutschland mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit andere Sorgen, als sich

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