Operetta Research Center » Paul Abraham 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 Pongrác Kacsóh (1873–1923): A Life at the Intersection of Natural Sciences and Music http://operetta-research-center.org/janos-vitez-pongrac-kacsoh-1873-1923-life-intersection-natural-sciences-music/ http://operetta-research-center.org/janos-vitez-pongrac-kacsoh-1873-1923-life-intersection-natural-sciences-music/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2025 21:11:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25592 At the beginning of the 20th century, a Singspiel, János vitéz, premiered at the Király Theatre and became a milestone

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/janos-vitez-pongrac-kacsoh-1873-1923-life-intersection-natural-sciences-music/feed/ 0 “Mein Freund Bunbury” Cancelled: The End of the Operetta Era at Komische Oper? http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:45:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25495 It came as something of a shock without any pre-warning: At the beginning of the new year the Komische Oper

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/mein-freund-bunbury-ending-operetta-splash-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 0 “Katharine Mehrling in Berlin” – The Promise of an Operetta Album to Come? http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:38:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25226 This week, Katharine Mehrling is back at Bar jeder Vernunft in Berlin with a program called 6 Nächte in Berlin,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/katharine-mehrling-berlin-album-release-operetta/feed/ 0 Sensationelle Wiederentdeckung von Joseph Beers „Prinz von Schiras“ http://operetta-research-center.org/wiederentdeckung-joseph-beer-prinz-von-schiras-regensburg/ http://operetta-research-center.org/wiederentdeckung-joseph-beer-prinz-von-schiras-regensburg/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:22:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24950 Von den vielen tragischen Schicksalen jüdischer Operettenkomponisten (verfolgt, vertrieben, ermordet, selbst wenn sie im Exil überlebt haben, bei der Rückkehr

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/wiederentdeckung-joseph-beer-prinz-von-schiras-regensburg/feed/ 0 It’s Finally Here: Karin Meesmann’s Biography of Paul Ábrahám http://operetta-research-center.org/karin-meesmann-biography-paul-abraham-hollitzer/ http://operetta-research-center.org/karin-meesmann-biography-paul-abraham-hollitzer/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:13:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24632 Anyone interested in Paul Ábrahám will have known – or will have heard – that Karin Meesmann has been working

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/karin-meesmann-biography-paul-abraham-hollitzer/feed/ 0 “Roxy und ihr Wunderteam” Comes To Bühne Burgäschi In 2022 http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/ http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:53:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23009 So, the success story continues: the recently rediscovered “vaudeville operetta” Roxy und ihr Wunderteam by Paul Abraham will come to

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/feed/ 0 On the Air: “Blume von Hawaii” Comes to Deutschlandradio Kultur http://operetta-research-center.org/air-blume-von-hawaii-comes-deutschlandradio-kultur/ http://operetta-research-center.org/air-blume-von-hawaii-comes-deutschlandradio-kultur/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:28:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23128 It’s the end of an era. For ten years Barrie Kosky made it his mission to revive forgotten Weimar Republic

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/air-blume-von-hawaii-comes-deutschlandradio-kultur/feed/ 1 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 “Roxy und ihr Wunderteam” Comes To Volksoper Wien In September 2021 http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-volksoper-wien-september-2021/ http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-volksoper-wien-september-2021/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:11:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22043 Finally, Paul Ábrahám’s football vaudeville Roxy und ihr Wunderteam returns to Vienna, the place where the German version by Alfred

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-volksoper-wien-september-2021/feed/ 0 World Premiere Recording of Ábrahám’s Jazzy 1932 “Ball at the Savoy” In English http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:07:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21947 Paul Abrahám’s flavorsome jazz operetta, which premiered to great acclaim in 1932 Berlin at Großes Schauspielhaus, only to have its

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recordings-abrahams-complete-ball-im-savoy-english/feed/ 0 “Pardon, Madame”: UdK Students Present Their Version Of “In Stanniolpapier” Online http://operetta-research-center.org/pardon-madame-udk-students-present-version-stanniolpapier-online/ http://operetta-research-center.org/pardon-madame-udk-students-present-version-stanniolpapier-online/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:12:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21764 The students at UdK (Universität der Künste) in Berlin who are training to be stars in the field “Musical/Show” are

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/pardon-madame-udk-students-present-version-stanniolpapier-online/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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