Operetta Research Center » Oscar Hammerstein 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 Kálmáns „Marinka“ in Schrumpffassung an der Oper Graz http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:49:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25070 Irgendwie stehen die in Amerika entstandenen Werke emigrierter Komponisten (ob Korngold, Weill oder Kálmán etc.) in unseren Landen immer noch

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/feed/ 1 Rodgers & Hammerstein Revisited: “The King and I” & “South Pacific” on Jay Records http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 12:55:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24475 This morning I had an interesting package on my desktop. Complete recordings of The King and I (1994) and South

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/feed/ 1 Ábrahám’s “Ball at the Savoy” At Drury Lane In A 1933 Oscar Hammerstein Production http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/ http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:36:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19926 Paul Abraham’s Ball im Savoy opened at Berlin’s Großes Schauspielhaus in December 1932 with a superstar cast – and was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/abrahams-ball-savoy-drury-lane-oscar-hammerstein-production/feed/ 3 The First Oscar Hammerstein and New York’s Golden Age of Theater and Music http://operetta-research-center.org/first-oscar-hammerstein-new-yorks-golden-age-theater-music/ http://operetta-research-center.org/first-oscar-hammerstein-new-yorks-golden-age-theater-music/#comments Wed, 20 May 2020 09:56:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19619 With such an irresistible title as this, anyone with an interest in early American musical theater would want to read this newly

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/first-oscar-hammerstein-new-yorks-golden-age-theater-music/feed/ 1 Ohio Light Opera: Offering Rarities From Kálmán’s “Teufelsreiter” to Novello’s “Perchance to Dream” http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-offering-rarities-kalmans-teufelsreiter-novellos-perchance-dream/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-offering-rarities-kalmans-teufelsreiter-novellos-perchance-dream/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2019 10:45:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18105 Fans of musical theater and operetta will not find a richer, more concentrated banquet of their favorite entertainment than that

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-offering-rarities-kalmans-teufelsreiter-novellos-perchance-dream/feed/ 0 “Carmen Jones” Revived By Classic Stage Company http://operetta-research-center.org/carmen-jones-classic-stage-company/ http://operetta-research-center.org/carmen-jones-classic-stage-company/#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2018 10:59:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15218 The revival of Oscar Hammerstein II’s very clever 1943 updating of Bizet’s Carmen – a big hit in its day

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/carmen-jones-classic-stage-company/feed/ 0 “She Loves Me”: Miklos Laszlo’s Hungarian Play As A Modern Broadway-Operetta? http://operetta-research-center.org/she-loves-me-broadway-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/she-loves-me-broadway-operetta/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2016 09:01:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9367 Many great operetta things come from Hungary; and you might add, many great musical comedy things too. Emmerich Kalman wanted

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/she-loves-me-broadway-operetta/feed/ 0 The Game Changers Of Broadway: Hammerstein, Schirmer, Cohan & Co.. http://operetta-research-center.org/game-changers-broadway/ http://operetta-research-center.org/game-changers-broadway/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:10:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9289 Who were the truly instrumental people who caused America to develop the largest and most influential entertainment industry in the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/game-changers-broadway/feed/ 0 Musical Of The Month At NY’s Public Library: “Golden Dawn” http://operetta-research-center.org/musical-month-nys-public-library-golden-dawn/ http://operetta-research-center.org/musical-month-nys-public-library-golden-dawn/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:33:04 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=8037 The New York Public Library is devoting its current “Musical of the Month” to Emmerich Kálmán’s Golden Dawn, a show

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/musical-month-nys-public-library-golden-dawn/feed/ 1 A Live-Stage “Show Boat” On DVD: For The First Time? http://operetta-research-center.org/live-stage-show-boat-dvd-first-time/ http://operetta-research-center.org/live-stage-show-boat-dvd-first-time/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:59:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7670 When the San Francisco Opera puts on a show like Show Boat it raises expectations. The company has a chorus

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/live-stage-show-boat-dvd-first-time/feed/ 2 “Shall We Dance?” Kelli O’Hara As Anna Leonowens http://operetta-research-center.org/shall-dance-king-2015/ http://operetta-research-center.org/shall-dance-king-2015/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:51:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6806 This opulent revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s enduring 1951 classic certainly has much to commend it. For starters, theatergoers have

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/shall-dance-king-2015/feed/ 0 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Allegro” Returns to New York http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammersteins-allegro-returns-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammersteins-allegro-returns-new-york/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2014 02:01:21 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=5089 As this Off-Broadway revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s 1947 failure Allegro is directed by John Doyle – he

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