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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Why did it take so long, you might ask? And was it worth waiting all this time? In the case
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Having hugely enjoyed Barrie Kosky’s 2013 exuberant production of Abraham’s Ball im Savoy several times, I was interested to see
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Theater Augsburg is in the midst of refurbishment, so the various ensembles have decamped to several venues around the city.
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For a city so rich in culture, and drowning in history, it is surprising to experience first-hand Berlin’s long cultural
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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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The Theater Basel has presented us with a brand new production of Paul Abraham’s 1931 Die Blume von Hawaii. Recently,
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Last weekend, the Royal Musical Association devoted one of its study days to what has controversially been described as the
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You could call this year’s Vogelhändler at the Mörbisch Festival a kick-ass production – or an erect middle-finger in the
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This dashing young musical comedy guy, born 1990 in Germany’s Black Forrest region near Karlsruhe, just ventured far into “enemy
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The luxurious little spa town Baden bei Wien – 45 minutes from the center of Vienna by tram – considers
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Berlin’s Komische Oper and its artistic director Barrie Kosky are always good for a surprise, most certainly when it comes
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This month, Damien Chazelle’s movie musical La La Land hits theaters in Europe. It is a must-see for anyone interested
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“In der Heimat blüh’n die Rosen – nicht für mich den Heimatlosen”, sings Count Boleslav in his first big solo
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In variation of the famous saying “Every country has the government it deserves” – by 18th century political philosopher Joseph-Marie
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In a way you could see it coming: the Seefestpiele Mörbisch tried breaking away from the stuffy (but much beloved)
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Paul Abraham’s Viktoria und ihr Husar conquered the German language operetta scene in 1930 – and pretty much swept away
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Paul Abraham’s 1931 revue-operetta Die Blume von Hawaii has recently been give a highly enjoyable new production at Theatre Pforzheim,
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Was für ein Jammer, dass die 1920er Jahre vorbei sind. Und was für ein Jammer, dass Paul Abrahams Operetten noch
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Die erste moderne Ábrahám-Aufnahme auf Basis einer rekonstruierten Originalpartitur von Hagedorn & Grimminger: mit einer elegischen Dagmar Schellenberger in der
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What is arguably Paul Abraham’s musically strongest operetta, Viktoria und ihr Husar (1930), has been given a new production by
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Why not have something visually refreshing this week-end? The classical music blog “Barihunks” reported today, that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin
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Is it just my imagination, or is there a noticeable increase in Abraham productions lately? While the Komische Oper Berlin
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The operetta festival of Mörbisch, in Austria, had already announced its title for 2016: Paul Abraham’s Viktoria und ihr Husar,
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Admittedly, you would not necessarily expect a “queer” operetta in Viktor Orban’s Hungary. But that’s exactly what you get in
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In Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, the Theater der Altmark will present a new production of Fred Raymond’s Maske in Blau. It’s
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You could call it the battle of the biographers. Who will be first? Who will be better? Who will have
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When a PR-savvy superstar of the Jonas Kaufmann caliber issues a “cross-over“ album filled with operetta goodies, people take notice.
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Paul Abraham was, without doubt, the most „American“ sounding operetta composer in Europe in the early 1930s. His jazz-operettas, culminating
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