Operetta Research Center » Opéra-bouffe 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 Zwei Offenbach-Premieren in Wien: “Orpheus in der Unterwelt” und “La Périchole” http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:07:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24220 Wien war einst Jacques Offenbachs „zweites Paris“. 89 seiner Werke wurden hier aufgeführt, einige davon sogar uraufgeführt. Diese Tradition (ja

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/feed/ 0 Offenbach and the Theatre Bouffe in Saint Petersburg, 1870-1878 http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-theatre-bouffe-saint-petersburg-1870-1878/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-theatre-bouffe-saint-petersburg-1870-1878/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:49:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24039 Offenbach was introduced to the Russian stage when a French company played La belle Hélène at the Imperial Mikhailovsky Theatre

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-theatre-bouffe-saint-petersburg-1870-1878/feed/ 1 The (Forgotten) World of Greek Operetta – An Interview With Evi Nikita http://operetta-research-center.org/greek-operetta-interview-evi-nikita/ http://operetta-research-center.org/greek-operetta-interview-evi-nikita/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:02:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23906 While many people know Viennese and French operetta, even Spanish Zarzuela and a few Italian titles, Greek operetta is not

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/greek-operetta-interview-evi-nikita/feed/ 2 Laurent Pelly’s “Barbe-bleue” From Opéra de Lyon Arrives On DVD http://operetta-research-center.org/laurent-pellys-barbe-bleue-opera-de-lyon-arrives-dvd/ http://operetta-research-center.org/laurent-pellys-barbe-bleue-opera-de-lyon-arrives-dvd/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:50:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22348 Laurent Pelly’s celebrated production of Offenbach’s Barbe-bleue from the Opéra de Lyon has finally arrived on DVD. It offers Yann

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/laurent-pellys-barbe-bleue-opera-de-lyon-arrives-dvd/feed/ 1 LA VIE PARISIENNE Opéra-bouffe in 4 (originally 5) acts by Jacques Offenbach http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/ http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:25:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22290 In the midst of Meilhac, Halévy and Offenbach’s dazzling series of successes with the earliest of their famous opéras-bouffes –

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/feed/ 1 Hervé In Paris – And Palazzetto Bru Zane’s Grand Operetta Plans For The Future http://operetta-research-center.org/palazzetto-bru-zanes-herve-paris/ http://operetta-research-center.org/palazzetto-bru-zanes-herve-paris/#comments Thu, 20 May 2021 14:50:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22117 When the invitation from Palazzetto Bru Zane arrived, to fly to Paris and attend a performance of Hervé’s V’lan dans

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/palazzetto-bru-zanes-herve-paris/feed/ 0 “V’lan dans l’oeil”: Folie musicale in 3 acts by Hervé http://operetta-research-center.org/loeil-creve-folie-musicale-3-acts-herve/ http://operetta-research-center.org/loeil-creve-folie-musicale-3-acts-herve/#comments Fri, 07 May 2021 10:00:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7737 Hervé’s second attempt, after Les Chevaliers de la table ronde (1866), to produce a full-length burlesque opérette to challenge the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/loeil-creve-folie-musicale-3-acts-herve/feed/ 0 The Jerusalem Opera Wants To Present Madcap Offenbach In The Middle East http://operetta-research-center.org/jerusalem-opera-want-present-offenbach-middle-east/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jerusalem-opera-want-present-offenbach-middle-east/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:28:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21715   When it comes to the Middle-East, there’s not an awful lot of operetta performance history that comes to mind.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jerusalem-opera-want-present-offenbach-middle-east/feed/ 0 Hervé’s “L’œil crevé” (1867) On YouTube: Live From L’Opéra de Bordeaux http://operetta-research-center.org/herve-loeil-creve-youtube-live-lopera-de-bordeaux/ http://operetta-research-center.org/herve-loeil-creve-youtube-live-lopera-de-bordeaux/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:31:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21701 Hervé’s 1867 opéra bouffe L’œil crevé (literally “The pierced eye” or “It hit me right in the eye”) was first

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/herve-loeil-creve-youtube-live-lopera-de-bordeaux/feed/ 0 Offenbach’s Singing Cannibals On The Radio As “Das gräuliche Festmahl” For Easter http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-d-amore-operette-offenbach-cannibals-das-grauliche-festmahl/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-d-amore-operette-offenbach-cannibals-das-grauliche-festmahl/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:27:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21680 The Berlin based “collective for contemporary operette*” which calls itself Tutti d*Amore presented their take on Offenbach’s 1857 one-acter Vent-du-soir

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-d-amore-operette-offenbach-cannibals-das-grauliche-festmahl/feed/ 0 The Glory Of Offenbach: 2 1/2 Historical “Die Banditen” Recordings From Germany http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-historical-die-banditen-recordings-germany/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-historical-die-banditen-recordings-germany/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2020 16:29:06 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19142 When the world is under quarantine and everything is shut down because of a new virus – you have lots

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-historical-die-banditen-recordings-germany/feed/ 0 Who Was The Great Opéra-Bouffe Tenor “Potel” – Also Known As “Le Bel Armand”? http://operetta-research-center.org/great-opera-bouffe-tenor-potel/ http://operetta-research-center.org/great-opera-bouffe-tenor-potel/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:02:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19100 The folk who created the musical works of Meilhac, Halévy, Crémieux, Hervé and their colleagues, and of the parallel composers,

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