Operetta Research Center » Peter Lund 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 “Messeschlager Gisela” Revived in Cottbus – Without the Queer Elements http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/ http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:50:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25641 What was working life like in state-owned enterprises (Volkseigene Betriebe = VEB) in the DDR around 1960 – what dreams

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/messeschlager-gisela-revived-cottbus-without-queer-element/feed/ 0 „Eine Stimme für Deutschland“: Grüne Fotze vs. genderfluide AfD-Kandidatin http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-stimme-fur-deutschland-grune-fotze-vs-genderfluide-afd-kandidatin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-stimme-fur-deutschland-grune-fotze-vs-genderfluide-afd-kandidatin/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:48:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22054 Politiksatiren können ganz wunderbar als Musical oder Operette funktionieren, wie nicht nur Jacques Offenbach im 19. Jahrhundert immer wieder gezeigt

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-stimme-fur-deutschland-grune-fotze-vs-genderfluide-afd-kandidatin/feed/ 0 What The Nasty Old Lady Said. Or: “Zigeunerbaron” At Volksoper Vienna http://operetta-research-center.org/nasty-old-lady-said-new-zigeunerbaron-volksoper-vienna/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nasty-old-lady-said-new-zigeunerbaron-volksoper-vienna/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:00:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19213 I had really been looking forward to seeing the new production of Der Zigeunerbaron in Vienna because I had enjoyed

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/nasty-old-lady-said-new-zigeunerbaron-volksoper-vienna/feed/ 2 A Certain Disco Feeling: Offenbach’s “Die Schöne Helena” With UdK Students In Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-die-schone-helena-udk-students-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-die-schone-helena-udk-students-berlin/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:01:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16361 No, it wasn’t public, and yes, it was only a one-off performance with a preceding dress rehearsal. There were invited

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-die-schone-helena-udk-students-berlin/feed/ 0 Updating “Die Csardasfürstin” For Vienna: Peter Lund’s New Volksoper Production http://operetta-research-center.org/csardasfurstin-vienna-peter-lunds-volksoper-production/ http://operetta-research-center.org/csardasfurstin-vienna-peter-lunds-volksoper-production/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:24:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15839 It can be exciting to re-imagine and re-interpret beloved shows: we are witnessing this, again and again, in modern musical

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/csardasfurstin-vienna-peter-lunds-volksoper-production/feed/ 2 Richard Heuberger’s “Opernball” From Graz: Stylish And Re-Written By Peter Lund http://operetta-research-center.org/heubergers-opernball-graz-opera/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heubergers-opernball-graz-opera/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2017 09:20:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13485 The Austrian composer Richard Heuberger was born in Graz in 1850, trained as a railway engineer, then moved to Vienna

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/heubergers-opernball-graz-opera/feed/ 2 “Axel an der Himmelstür” in Vienna: Take Your Clothes Off, Beautfiful Operetta Lady! http://operetta-research-center.org/axel-der-himmelstur-vienna-take-clothes-beautfiful-operetta-lady/ http://operetta-research-center.org/axel-der-himmelstur-vienna-take-clothes-beautfiful-operetta-lady/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:30:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10938 The Volksoper Vienna has revived the 1936 hit Axel an der Himmeltür, originally written for Zarah Leander and Max Hansen.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/axel-der-himmelstur-vienna-take-clothes-beautfiful-operetta-lady/feed/ 0 “Stella: Ein deutsches Singspiel” By Wolfgang Böhmer And Peter Lund http://operetta-research-center.org/stella-ein-deutsches-singspiel-wolfgang-bohmer-peter-lund/ http://operetta-research-center.org/stella-ein-deutsches-singspiel-wolfgang-bohmer-peter-lund/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:18:29 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10282 It seems there is a new and inspiring wave of “history musicals,” with Hamilton on Broadway leading the way: a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/stella-ein-deutsches-singspiel-wolfgang-bohmer-peter-lund/feed/ 2 UdK Berlin: “Ich meine, es geht ja doch darum, ein Leben zu führen, das einem keine Qual ist” http://operetta-research-center.org/udk-ich-meine-es-geht-ja-doch-darum-ein-leben-zu-fuhren-das-einem-keine-qual-ist/ http://operetta-research-center.org/udk-ich-meine-es-geht-ja-doch-darum-ein-leben-zu-fuhren-das-einem-keine-qual-ist/#comments Sat, 21 May 2016 08:45:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9897 It is always refreshing to see new and awe-inspiring talent. The so called “collages” at the Universität der Künste (UdK)

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/udk-ich-meine-es-geht-ja-doch-darum-ein-leben-zu-fuhren-das-einem-keine-qual-ist/feed/ 0 “Grimm”: Tomorrow’s Stars In Today’s Hit-Show http://operetta-research-center.org/grimm-tomorrows-stars-todays-hit-show/ http://operetta-research-center.org/grimm-tomorrows-stars-todays-hit-show/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:14:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=8544 Yes, here it finally is: the original cast album and DVD version of Grimm. This fairy tale musical, with some

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/grimm-tomorrows-stars-todays-hit-show/feed/ 0 Grimm!, or Who’s Afraid of the Big, Dancing Wolf? http://operetta-research-center.org/grimm-whos-afraid-big-dancing-wolf/ http://operetta-research-center.org/grimm-whos-afraid-big-dancing-wolf/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2015 11:48:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6742 Last year, while in Berlin, I went to see the musical produced by the UDK musical-theatre school and its graduating

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/grimm-whos-afraid-big-dancing-wolf/feed/ 0 Mission Impossible? Teaching Teenagers To Love Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/teaching-teenagers-love-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/teaching-teenagers-love-operetta/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:40:11 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6465 The motto of the project was “Oper sucht Klasse!“, but it was actually all about getting teenagers to sing operetta:

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