Operetta Research Center » Queer Studies http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 02 May 2026 19:43:47 +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 “For the Drama”: Strauss’ “Fledermaus” as Real-Life-Fiction on TV http://operetta-research-center.org/drama-strauss-fledermaus-real-life-fiction-german-tv/ http://operetta-research-center.org/drama-strauss-fledermaus-real-life-fiction-german-tv/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:56:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25116 This 3-part German mini-series called For the Drama is remarkable in many ways. It tells the story of two singers

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/drama-strauss-fledermaus-real-life-fiction-german-tv/feed/ 2 Christiane Rösinger’s “Planet Egalia”: A Sci-Fi Operetta About Feminism and Queerness? http://operetta-research-center.org/christiane-rosingers-planet-egalia-sci-fi-operetta-feminism-queerness/ http://operetta-research-center.org/christiane-rosingers-planet-egalia-sci-fi-operetta-feminism-queerness/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:07:39 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23021 The world of science fiction is somewhat underexplored when it comes to operetta. Even though Offenbach famously wrote Le voyage

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/christiane-rosingers-planet-egalia-sci-fi-operetta-feminism-queerness/feed/ 0 The Patriarchy Thinks Dicks Smell Like Roses: “Lila Lied” As Queer Cabaret At SchwuZ http://operetta-research-center.org/patriarchy-thinks-dicks-smell-like-roses-lila-lied-queer-cabaret-schwuz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/patriarchy-thinks-dicks-smell-like-roses-lila-lied-queer-cabaret-schwuz/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:44:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22635 “Welcome to the 20s” says the poster for Lila Lied, “The Queer Cabaret” that was presented in Berlin’s SchwuZ. In

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/patriarchy-thinks-dicks-smell-like-roses-lila-lied-queer-cabaret-schwuz/feed/ 1 Apocalypse Now: Tutti D*Amore Presents “Magna Mater” As a Mashup Of “Schöne Galathée” & “Lysistrata” http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-damore-presents-magna-mater-mashup-schone-galathee-lysistrata/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-damore-presents-magna-mater-mashup-schone-galathee-lysistrata/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2021 09:58:03 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22239 The “tuttis” are at their exercise again, you might say. The Berlin Collective for Contemporary Operetta is presenting their queer-feminist

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-damore-presents-magna-mater-mashup-schone-galathee-lysistrata/feed/ 0 Coming-out als Operettenrettung? Interview zum Queer Reading des „Dreimäderlhaus“ http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-schwuler-schubert-als-rettung-interview-zum-queer-reading-des-dreimaderlhaus-landestheater-linz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-schwuler-schubert-als-rettung-interview-zum-queer-reading-des-dreimaderlhaus-landestheater-linz/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:30:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21494 Als das Dreimäderlhaus am 15. Januar 1916 im Wiener Raimundtheater in Premiere ging waren die Kritiken gespalten. Denn Komponist Heinrich

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ein-schwuler-schubert-als-rettung-interview-zum-queer-reading-des-dreimaderlhaus-landestheater-linz/feed/ 0 “One Long Gender-Bender”: Berlin’s Queer Operetta Revolution In The Years 2010-2020 http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-queer-operetta-revolution-years-2010-2020/ http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-queer-operetta-revolution-years-2010-2020/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:24:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19497 The Drama Review (TDR) is planning a special issue on the developments in the German theater scene from 2010 to

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-queer-operetta-revolution-years-2010-2020/feed/ 0 Offenbach’s “Häuptling Abendwind” Or: Queer Operetta For The Price Of A Hawaiian Pizza http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-hauptling-abendwind-queer-operetta-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-hauptling-abendwind-queer-operetta-berlin/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:05:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19048 Offenbach’s 1857 Vent du soir, ou l’horrible festin is one of his more famous titles in the German speaking theater

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/blacks-yellow-face-queer-gilbert-sullivans/feed/ 2 Forget Dames At Sea: Here Come Twelve Gay Sailors http://operetta-research-center.org/forget-dames-sea-come-twelve-gay-sailors/ http://operetta-research-center.org/forget-dames-sea-come-twelve-gay-sailors/#comments Tue, 12 May 2015 09:51:24 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6912 My first reaction was: ‘Not another fairy tale musical!’ But after Monday night’s concert at The Ballery in Berlin, where

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/forget-dames-sea-come-twelve-gay-sailors/feed/ 0 Operetta for Generation LGBTQIA: “White Horse Inn” in Bremen http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-generation-lgbtqia-white-horse-inn-bremen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-generation-lgbtqia-white-horse-inn-bremen/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:03:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=5968 When a production of White Horse Inn starts with a new overture and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” – segueing into

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