Operetta Research Center » Racism 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 What’s The Use Of Rethinking “Der Zigeunerbaron” When Stefan Soltesz Delivers A Retro-Reading? http://operetta-research-center.org/rethinking-der-zigeunbaron-stefan-soltesz-conducts/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rethinking-der-zigeunbaron-stefan-soltesz-conducts/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:29:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22001 With a delay of almost five months, the new production of Johann Strauss’ Der “Zigeuner“baron [sic] finally premiered at Komische

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rethinking-der-zigeunbaron-stefan-soltesz-conducts/feed/ 0 How To Handle The Racism & Sexism Of “Z*******”-Baron Today? A Conductor’s Response http://operetta-research-center.org/zigeunerbaron-racism-and-sexism-conversation-conductor-florian-ziemen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/zigeunerbaron-racism-and-sexism-conversation-conductor-florian-ziemen/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:52:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21450 Austrian author and feminist activist Marlene Streeruwitz spoke out against the patriotic “kitsch culture” in her homeland in an interview

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/zigeunerbaron-racism-and-sexism-conversation-conductor-florian-ziemen/feed/ 1 CHIN-CHIN, Or A Modern Aladdin Musical Fantasy (1914) With Music By Ivan Caryll http://operetta-research-center.org/chin-chin-modern-aladdin-musical-fantasy-music-ivan-caryll/ http://operetta-research-center.org/chin-chin-modern-aladdin-musical-fantasy-music-ivan-caryll/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:07:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20714 An updated version of the Aladdin story, rewritten to feature the comedians Dave Montgomery and Fred Stone, Chin-Chin cast its

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/chin-chin-modern-aladdin-musical-fantasy-music-ivan-caryll/feed/ 1 “Swapping The Canon” To Dismantle Racism & Hetero-Cis-Patriarchy? Proposals For Higher Education In The USA http://operetta-research-center.org/swapping-canon-ideological-debates-affecting-higher-eduation-usa/ http://operetta-research-center.org/swapping-canon-ideological-debates-affecting-higher-eduation-usa/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:58:03 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20699 There’s a lot happening in the world of theater right now, not just because of Corona and the ongoing lockdown

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/swapping-canon-ideological-debates-affecting-higher-eduation-usa/feed/ 2 How Is Our “Woke-Ass Culture” Dealing With The Supposed Racism Of “Zigeunerbaron”? http://operetta-research-center.org/woke-ass-culture-dealing-zigeunerbaron/ http://operetta-research-center.org/woke-ass-culture-dealing-zigeunerbaron/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2020 10:29:42 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20334 There’s an increasingly firece discussion about supposed “racism” in operetta. Recently, a production of Franz Lehár’s Land des Lächelns at

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/woke-ass-culture-dealing-zigeunerbaron/feed/ 4 Colonialism & Operetta. Or: What To Do With Leo Fall’s “Die Rose von Stambul” http://operetta-research-center.org/colonialism-operetta-leo-falls-die-rose-von-stambul/ http://operetta-research-center.org/colonialism-operetta-leo-falls-die-rose-von-stambul/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2020 14:07:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18957 At the end of March 2020, the Nationaltheater Weimar will host an international conference entitled “Musiktheater und Kolonialismus,” i.e. musical

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/colonialism-operetta-leo-falls-die-rose-von-stambul/feed/ 2 Offenbach’s “La Créole” And The Exhibition “Le Modèle Noir” At The Orsay Museum In Paris http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-la-creole-exhibtion-le-modele-noir-orsay-museum-paris/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-la-creole-exhibtion-le-modele-noir-orsay-museum-paris/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2019 13:38:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17916 It is one of the more amazing developments of recent years that suddenly “entertainment” is included in major exhibitions dealing

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-la-creole-exhibtion-le-modele-noir-orsay-museum-paris/feed/ 0 Ethnic Exoticism & Chinese Stereotypes. Or: Lehár’s “Das Land des Lächelns” At The Mörbisch Summer Festival 2019 http://operetta-research-center.org/racism-chinese-stereotypes-das-land-des-lachelns-morbisch-summer-festival/ http://operetta-research-center.org/racism-chinese-stereotypes-das-land-des-lachelns-morbisch-summer-festival/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:38:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17871 Bigger is not automatically better, some claim, and that’s especially true for operetta, or operetta festivals. So just because the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/racism-chinese-stereotypes-das-land-des-lachelns-morbisch-summer-festival/feed/ 1 Offenbach’s “Black Venus”, Or: Examining “La Belle Hélène” As An Intersection Of Race And Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-black-venus-belle-helene-intersection-race-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-black-venus-belle-helene-intersection-race-operetta/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:39:53 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16404 Sometimes you read an operetta essay that deeply disturbs you – not because it is badly written or full of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-black-venus-belle-helene-intersection-race-operetta/feed/ 2 Operetta and Modernity: A New Book By Ethel Matala de Mazza http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-modernity-new-book-ethel-matala-de-mazza/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-modernity-new-book-ethel-matala-de-mazza/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:17:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16226 When I first heard of this book I got really excited: the famous S. Fischer publishing house would release a

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operetta-modernity-new-book-ethel-matala-de-mazza/feed/ 0 Racism In Operetta? An Overdue Debate About “Land des Lächelns” & Co. http://operetta-research-center.org/racism-operetta-debate-land-des-lachelns/ http://operetta-research-center.org/racism-operetta-debate-land-des-lachelns/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:54:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15979 Recently, a review of a new Land des Lächelns production by Guy Montavon at Oper Wuppertal sparked a debate about

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