Okay, Munich has the Gärtnerplatztheater and thus a center of operetta “maintenance” in Germany which competes with Staatsoperette Dresden, Musikalische
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When I visited Tallinn in 2016 and saw that they were playing Ball im Savoy at the Estonian National Opera,
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My first theatre visit of 2020 was an ominous forewarning of what was to come: On 2 January I saw
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Obviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola
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After rumors had already started circulating, it’s now official: Komische Oper Berlin has cancelled its live stream of Paul Abraham’s
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Yeehaw! Komische Oper Berlin has finally awoken from its Sleeping Beauty Corona mode; the company has decided to offer something
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Putting on Eduard Künneke’s 1920 hit Der Vetter aus Dingsda seemed like a good idea in times of Corona restrictions:
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The Austrian newspaper Der Standard has added a forgotten film operetta to their DVD series “Der österreichische Film”, a movie
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The 2nd wave Corona lockdown has made operetta performances virtually impossible in many countries, and it looks like it might
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You could say it’s a bitter irony: ever since theaters in Germany re-opened after the summer, Barrie Kosky has said
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Devotees of classic Hollywood musicals – the sort that are the staple of Turner Classic Movies – will know Hungarian
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From 14 October onwards the Fundación Juan March is presenting a special program dedicated to Jacques Offenbach. The series of
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It might be imagined by those who underrate the virility of convention that the good old-fashioned musical comedy would not
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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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The Drama Review (TDR) is planning a special issue on the developments in the German theater scene from 2010 to
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The Rotter brothers, Fritz and Alfred, were the most prominent private theater directors during the Weimar Republic before losing everything
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If expectations are exceptionally high for a Paul Abraham operetta at Komische Oper Berlin that’s because, in the past, the
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It’s hard to believe, but this is actually only the second fully staged production of Paul Abraham’s Märchen im Grand
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Here’s something truly special: an album of Werner Richard Heymann’s symphonic music that has not been available acoustically earlier and
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The fact that Dagmar Manzel has been involved in the Weimar Republic operetta revival at Komische Oper Berlin from the
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It’s a pretty grand claim to make: “With their multi-media stage show Operetta Made in Austria stage stars Ildiko Raimondi
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Im Jahr 2005 profilierte sich die Staatsoperette Dresden mit einer überregional vielbeachteten Konferenz, die den Titel Operette unterm Hakenkreuz trug.
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In Vienna the great operetta artist Rosy Barsony has found her final resting place. The Jewish performer was born as
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After having been forgotten for more than 80 year, new interest in Paul Ábrahám’s Märchen im Grand-Hotel is noticeable. You’ll
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At Komische Oper Berlin, Paul Ábrahám’s ‘last’ operetta premiered in a new production by Stefan Huber, with a newly arranged
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It’s with great sadness that we heard about the death of Alfred Wagner this morning. He was the man behind
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“We’re not an operetta palace!“ Says Komische Oper intendant Barrie Kosky at the press conference where he announced the new
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Ah yes, the Weimar Republic. Again? While the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin is currently showing a marvelous exhibition on
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After having had great success in Berlin with three operettas on a very grand scale – Viktoria und ihr Husar
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In the case of an artist of the caliber of Katharine Mehrling it’s obviously worth sticking around until the very
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Herr Hagedorn, seit Sie mit Ihrem Kollegen Matthias Grimminger angefangen haben für den WDR und die dortige Ábrahám-Aufführungsserie Partituren von
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Lehár Festival Bad Ischl 2018. Das Konzert- und Kongresshaus gleicht einem Bienenstock, Publikum strömt herbei während das Ensemble sich einstimmt
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So it was off to Waikiki and South Sea breezes, again. I had a chance to see Paul Abraham’s glorious
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This spring, stage director Felix Seiler and choreographer Danny Costello staged Paul Abraham’s Die Blume von Hawaii with students in
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We all have our favorite memories – our ‘madeleine moment’ that changed our world forever. For me, this moment occurred
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In a 2018 essay entitled Das Webvideo als Flaschenpost, or “the web video as message in a bottle,” Chris Tedjasukmana
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