Operetta Research Center » Oscar Straus 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 “Der Schokoladensoldat” – Oscar Straus at Herbsttage Blindenmarkt http://operetta-research-center.org/der-schokoladensoldat-oscar-straus-herbsttage/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-schokoladensoldat-oscar-straus-herbsttage/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:40:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25627 Das Publikum von Blindenmarkt sowie alle Operettenfreunde, die von weit her dorthin gepilgert sind, werden hier dankenswerterweise mit einem ihm

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/der-schokoladensoldat-oscar-straus-herbsttage/feed/ 0 The 1925 Film Version of “Ein Walzertraum” Restored http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/ http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:23:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25583 It’s finally happening: the famous film version of Ein Walzertraum has been restored and will be shown on tv. Parallel

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/feed/ 0 “Ein Walzertraum” as This Year’s Summer Spectacle in Neustrelitz http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-walzertraum-years-summer-spectacle-neustrelitz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-walzertraum-years-summer-spectacle-neustrelitz/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:06:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25156 The out-door operetta festival in the castle gardens of Neustrelitz – an hour north of Berlin – is offering Oscar

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-walzertraum-years-summer-spectacle-neustrelitz/feed/ 0 Springtime for Fritzi: A New Play About Massary with Daniela Ziegler http://operetta-research-center.org/fritzi-massary-daniela-ziegler-andreas-gergen-brandenburg/ http://operetta-research-center.org/fritzi-massary-daniela-ziegler-andreas-gergen-brandenburg/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:27:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24358 While the world is still waiting for a full-scale bio pic about the life of Fritzi Massary (1882-1969), the Theater

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/fritzi-massary-daniela-ziegler-andreas-gergen-brandenburg/feed/ 0 Barrie Kosky’s All-Singing, All-Dancing Yiddish Revue – Plus Other Farewell-Highlights http://operetta-research-center.org/barrie-koskys-singing-dancing-yiddish-revue/ http://operetta-research-center.org/barrie-koskys-singing-dancing-yiddish-revue/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:52:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22175 Of course he wasn’t going to present his last season as intendant of Komische Oper Berlin via Zoom or only

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/barrie-koskys-singing-dancing-yiddish-revue/feed/ 0 Constance Drever: Creating “La Veuve joyeuse” With A Strong English Accent http://operetta-research-center.org/constance-drever-creating-la-veuve-joyeuse-strong-english-accent/ http://operetta-research-center.org/constance-drever-creating-la-veuve-joyeuse-strong-english-accent/#comments Fri, 28 May 2021 09:04:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21914 The history of Die lustige Witwe has fascinated us, here at the Operetta Research Center, immensely over the past months.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/constance-drever-creating-la-veuve-joyeuse-strong-english-accent/feed/ 0 Ethel Merhaut Sings “Bittersweet” Operetta For Sony Masterworks http://operetta-research-center.org/ethel-merhaut-sings-bittersweet-operetta-sony-masterworks/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ethel-merhaut-sings-bittersweet-operetta-sony-masterworks/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:51:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21625 It’s astonishing that Sony Masterworks is releasing an album of operetta songs – in jazz arrangements! Presented by the young

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ethel-merhaut-sings-bittersweet-operetta-sony-masterworks/feed/ 0 A Bi-Polar “Merry Widow”: The Life Of Lily Elsie (1886-1962) Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:34:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20612 Elsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886. Her mother was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/feed/ 1 Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972): Parisian Music-Hall Star & Hollywood’s Singing Very-Frenchman http://operetta-research-center.org/maurice-chevalier-1888-1972-parisian-music-hall-star-hollywoods-singing-frenchman/ http://operetta-research-center.org/maurice-chevalier-1888-1972-parisian-music-hall-star-hollywoods-singing-frenchman/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:37:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20545 After an early career spent performing in cafés and suburban music halls, Maurice Chevalier (born in Ménilmontant on 12 September,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/maurice-chevalier-1888-1972-parisian-music-hall-star-hollywoods-singing-frenchman/feed/ 0 Lily Elsie (1886-1962): Becoming “The Most Photographed Woman In The World” http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2020 08:05:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20498 A child of mysterious origins (she was rumoured, when fame came, to have been the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lily-elsie-1886-1962-shooting-stardom-britains-merry-widow/feed/ 0 Broadway Producer Henry W. Savage (1859-1927): “Merry Widow” and “Sari” Were His Greatest Hits http://operetta-research-center.org/broadway-producer-henry-w-savage-1859-1927-merry-widow-sari-greatest-hits/ http://operetta-research-center.org/broadway-producer-henry-w-savage-1859-1927-merry-widow-sari-greatest-hits/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2020 09:00:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20490 Harvard-educated Henry Wilson Savage was born in New Durham (New Hampshire) on 21 March 1859 and well established as a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/broadway-producer-henry-w-savage-1859-1927-merry-widow-sari-greatest-hits/feed/ 5 And Here’s Broadway’s First Danilo in “The Merry Widow”: Donald Brian (1877-1948) http://operetta-research-center.org/heres-broadways-first-danilo-merry-widow-donald-brian-1877-1948/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heres-broadways-first-danilo-merry-widow-donald-brian-1877-1948/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:53:03 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20472 Donald Brian was the bright-eyed and boyish star of more than 20 years of Broadway operettas and musicals, among them the

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