Operetta Research Center » paris 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 Roger’s “Joséphine Vendue Par Ses Soeurs” Returns to Paris http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-rogers-opera-bouffe-josephine-vendue-par-ses-soeurs/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-rogers-opera-bouffe-josephine-vendue-par-ses-soeurs/#comments Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:53:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25247 In January 2025 the Compagnie Fortunio is bringing the opéra-bouffe Joséphine Vendue Par Ses Soeurs back to Paris, for a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-rogers-opera-bouffe-josephine-vendue-par-ses-soeurs/feed/ 0 The Biography of Valtesse de la Bigne, Mistress of Paris http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/ http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:16:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24724 We’ve all read stories about the big players: Jacques Offenbach, Ludovic Halevy, Henri Meilhac, and certainly Napoleon III. But you

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/feed/ 2 Where To Put an Offenbach Festival? Here Are Some Suggestions http://operetta-research-center.org/put-offenbach-festival/ http://operetta-research-center.org/put-offenbach-festival/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:09:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24110 If resources enough could be gathered together for an annual festival of Offenbach and maybe his time, where would it

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/put-offenbach-festival/feed/ 0 Revisting “Au Dahomey” (1892). Or: A Blackface King Béhazin? http://operetta-research-center.org/revisting-au-dahomey-1892-blackface-king-behazin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/revisting-au-dahomey-1892-blackface-king-behazin/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2022 12:26:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23669 I came upon this grand 1892 poster this week… I didn’t know anything about the show, my experience of the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/revisting-au-dahomey-1892-blackface-king-behazin/feed/ 1 “Le Voyage Dans La Lune”: Offenbach’s 1875 Sci-Fi Spectacle http://operetta-research-center.org/le-voyage-dans-la-lune-offenbachs-1875-sci-fi-spectacle/ http://operetta-research-center.org/le-voyage-dans-la-lune-offenbachs-1875-sci-fi-spectacle/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:12:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23629 Three years and eight major shows after the splenditious production of Le Roi Carotte, Offenbach returned to the world of

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