Operetta Research Center » Ralf-Olivier Schwarz 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 “Offenbach, Musicien Européen” Or, Put Away the Sellotape http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-musician-europeen-review-kurt-ganzl-put-away-sellotape/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-musician-europeen-review-kurt-ganzl-put-away-sellotape/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:21:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24006 In the summer of 2019 researchers from all around the world gathered for a double conference in Cologne and Paris,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-musician-europeen-review-kurt-ganzl-put-away-sellotape/feed/ 1 Anton Henseler’s “Jacques Offenbach” (1930) In A First-Ever English Translation http://operetta-research-center.org/anton-henselers-jacques-offenbach-1930-first-ever-english-translation/ http://operetta-research-center.org/anton-henselers-jacques-offenbach-1930-first-ever-english-translation/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2020 11:35:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18986 The Offenbach bicentenary might be over – but there are still fascinating things coming out to celebrate the composer. One

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/anton-henselers-jacques-offenbach-1930-first-ever-english-translation/feed/ 0 New Books Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Offenbach’s Birth http://operetta-research-center.org/new-books-celebrating-200th-anniversary-offenbachs-birth/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-books-celebrating-200th-anniversary-offenbachs-birth/#comments Sun, 01 Dec 2019 09:12:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20296 No one can really claim that there is not an abundance of exciting Offenbach literature that has been published since

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-books-celebrating-200th-anniversary-offenbachs-birth/feed/ 1 “Offenbachiades” And Their Context: A New Study By Peter Hawig http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachiades-context-new-study-peter-hawig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachiades-context-new-study-peter-hawig/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2019 11:59:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16694 Let’s start this review backwards, shall we? The last sentence in Peter Hawig’s new book for the Offenbach bicentenary is:

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachiades-context-new-study-peter-hawig/feed/ 0 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 An “Offenbach Family Album” and “Esther, Queen of Persia”: Interview With Ralf-Olivier Schwarz http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-family-album-esther-queen-persia-interview-ralf-olivier-schwarz-grand-2019-projects/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-family-album-esther-queen-persia-interview-ralf-olivier-schwarz-grand-2019-projects/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:17:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16387 For the 2019 Offenbach celebrations the city of Cologne has set up a special committee to organize an “Offenbach Year”

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