Lehár’s “Giuditta”: The Splendour and Misery of the Exchangeable
To speak of the genre of Viennese operetta as having a kind of Hegelian spirit, with a life course from
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Offenbach’s “La Jolie Parfumeuse” in Philadelphia 1876
In the summer of 1876 Jacques Offenbach visited Philadelphia. At “The Offenbach Garden,” located on the southeast corner of Broad
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“Offenbach, Musicien Européen” Or, Put Away the Sellotape
In the summer of 2019 researchers from all around the world gathered for a double conference in Cologne and Paris,
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“The Operetta Empire”: A New Book By Micaela Baranello
Rejoice greatly! There’s another big English language book on operetta, following last year’s Cambridge Companion to Operetta. This new publication
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“Shooting Star” World-Premiere In Los Angeles: A “Revealing New Musical” by Florian Klein, Thomas Zaufke & Erik Ransom
With an Offenbach conference coming up in June in Cologne that includes a section dedicated to “Discourses and Identities” and
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Broadway Does Operetta. Or: From Dallas To Philadelphia
The folks in Philadelphia are at it again this weekend. They will be presenting a concert called Broadway Does Operetta,
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“Porn – The Musical.” Or Will It Be An Operetta After All?
The German actor Florian Klein became famous in Hollywood as porn star “Hans Berlin.” After years in the Adult Industry
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Die Geburt der Operette aus dem Geist der Pornografie
In Wien präsentierte 2012 eine Ausstellung im alt-ehrwürdigen Theatermuseum eine ungewöhnliche Sicht auf die Operette. Statt als biedere Unterhaltung für
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