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World Premiere Recording: Walter W. Goetze’s “Wenn Männer schwindeln”

kevin — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:03:14 +0000

The works of German pre-WW1 composers have only recently come back into focus again – as opposed to the better-known

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World Premiere Recording Of Kálmán’s Symphonic Poems “Saturnalia” & “Endre és Johanna”

kevin — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:02:09 +0000

In 2013 and 2016 the University of British Columbia performed two of Emmerich Kálmán’s early symphonic poems, Saturnalia and Endre

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Daddy Issues At Ohio Light Opera: How Could “Constructive” Critcism Work With Lehár’s “Cloclo”?

kevin — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 20:55:35 +0000

The other day I had a long transatlantic phone conversation with an US-American operetta researcher I greatly admire for his

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The World-Premiere Recording Of Walter Jurmann’s “Windy City” (1946)

kevin — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:16:47 +0000

Because of the required commitment of time, money, and dedication, it is a safe bet, with the exception of the

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Lehár’s “Cloclo” (1924) On CD & DVD From The Ischl Festival And Ohio Light Opera

kevin — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:46:33 +0000

Franz Lehár’s 1924 operetta Cloclo is not one of his more famous titles, and it hasn’t stayed in the repertoire

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Kálmán’s “Hollandweibchen” Comes To You As “The Little Dutch Girl” On DVD

kevin — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:47:49 +0000

Kálmán’s 1920 Viennese hit Das Hollandweibchen is a special work that marks a turning point in the composer’s long career.

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Anton Henseler’s “Jacques Offenbach” (1930) In A First-Ever English Translation

kevin — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 11:35:19 +0000

The Offenbach bicentenary might be over – but there are still fascinating things coming out to celebrate the composer. One

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“Broadway Sampler: 1915.” Twenty-Five Musicals And Twenty-Six Songs

kevin — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:22:22 +0000

You might remember the CD series The Broadway Musicals of… created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel. They started, thematically,

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Csárdás Interruptus: Three Kálmán CDs With Historical Recordings From The USA

kevin — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 08:56:48 +0000

Back in 1997, Michael Miller, the chair of the Ohio Light Opera Board of Directors, and president of the Operetta

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Sigmund Romberg’s 1933 Musical Romance “Melody” On CD: New Cast Recording

kevin — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 17:53:25 +0000

It is seemingly inevitable that a conversation among Broadway aficionados about composer Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951) eventually turns to the question:

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World Premiere Recording: Kálmán’s “The Little King” From Ohio

kevin — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:23:38 +0000

Could any musical comedy from 1912 be more up-to-date from today’s war-on-terror-perspective? This is the story of a revolution of

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