Operetta Research Center » Richard Genée 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 The International Success of Johann Strauss’ “Das Spitzentuch der Königin“ (1880) http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/ http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:46:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25481 Following the notable success of Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss had fared less well with Cagliostro in Wien and Prinz Methusalem

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/feed/ 1 “Indigo und die 40 Räuber“: Gratuitous Nudity at Amtshaus Hietzing? http://operetta-research-center.org/indigo-und-die-40-rauber-strauss-amtshaus-hietzing/ http://operetta-research-center.org/indigo-und-die-40-rauber-strauss-amtshaus-hietzing/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:55:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23832 When Johann Strauss presented his first operetta Indigo und die 40 Räuber in 1871 – as a Thousand-and-One-Nights-spectacle written with

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/indigo-und-die-40-rauber-strauss-amtshaus-hietzing/feed/ 0 “Le Photographe” By Meilhac & Halévy: The Template for “La Vie Parisienne”? http://operetta-research-center.org/le-photographe-meilhac-halevy-template-la-vie-parisienne/ http://operetta-research-center.org/le-photographe-meilhac-halevy-template-la-vie-parisienne/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:53:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23178 In the latest newsletter of the Jacques Offenbach Society (No. 98), there is a reprint of the full Meilhac &

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/le-photographe-meilhac-halevy-template-la-vie-parisienne/feed/ 0 “Nanon, die Wirtin vom Goldenen Lamm“: Richard Genée‘s 1877 Hit Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/nanon-richard-genee-1877/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nanon-richard-genee-1877/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2021 10:06:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22922 This operette in 3 acts by F Zell is based on the comédie-vaudeville Nanon, Ninon et Madame de Maintenon by

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/nanon-richard-genee-1877/feed/ 2 Richard Genée’s “Die Antisemiten” (1868): Solo Scene Translated Into English http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-die-antisemiten-1868-translated-english-first-time/ http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-die-antisemiten-1868-translated-english-first-time/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2021 10:36:23 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22577 With a title like Die Antisemiten (The Antisemites) attached to a “Grand Opera” you have the immediate attention of most

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-die-antisemiten-1868-translated-english-first-time/feed/ 0 Four “Legendary Recordings” Of Richard Genée Shows, Including “Seekadett” & “Nanon” http://operetta-research-center.org/four-legendary-recordings-richard-genee-shows-seekadett-nanon-musikfeind-rosita/ http://operetta-research-center.org/four-legendary-recordings-richard-genee-shows-seekadett-nanon-musikfeind-rosita/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:37:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19306 On a sunny summer afternoon last year I had a long inspiring conversation about Richard Genée (1823-1895) with two operetta

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/four-legendary-recordings-richard-genee-shows-seekadett-nanon-musikfeind-rosita/feed/ 0 A Trip to …. America: Genée and Suppé At Concert Operetta Theater In Philadelphia http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-america-genee-suppe-concert-operetta-theater-philadelphia/ http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-america-genee-suppe-concert-operetta-theater-philadelphia/#comments Sun, 03 Dec 2017 09:35:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13448 It’s not very often that off-the-beaten-track Viennese operetta is performed in the USA nowadays, with the possible exception of Ohio

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-america-genee-suppe-concert-operetta-theater-philadelphia/feed/ 0 Richard Genée’s “Der Seekadett”: New Edition By Dario Salvi http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-der-seekadett-new-edition-dario-salvi/ http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-der-seekadett-new-edition-dario-salvi/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:04:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13137 New operas are hard to come by these days—at least that is what I have always been told. Finding an

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/richard-genees-der-seekadett-new-edition-dario-salvi/feed/ 1 “Eine Nacht in Venedig” At The Pforzheim Theater http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-nacht-venedig-pforzheim-theater/ http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-nacht-venedig-pforzheim-theater/#comments Tue, 09 May 2017 08:32:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12157 The industrial town of Pforzheim boasts a population of under 121,000, yet has an intimate 507 seat modern theatre which

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-nacht-venedig-pforzheim-theater/feed/ 4 Strauss’s “Spitzentuch der Königin” At Opera della Luna 2017 http://operetta-research-center.org/strausss-spitzentuch-der-konigin-opera-della-luna/ http://operetta-research-center.org/strausss-spitzentuch-der-konigin-opera-della-luna/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:33:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12023 An interview with Jeff Clarke, artistic director of Opera della Luna, about the company’s planned new production of Johann Strauss’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/strausss-spitzentuch-der-konigin-opera-della-luna/feed/ 1 “A Trip to Africa”: Suppé’s Operetta Available At Cambridge Scholars http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-africa-suppes-operetta-available-cambridge-scholars/ http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-africa-suppes-operetta-available-cambridge-scholars/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2016 10:46:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10675 The enthusiasm is impressive and a role model, no doubt: conductor Dario Salvi got so excited about Franz von Suppé’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-africa-suppes-operetta-available-cambridge-scholars/feed/ 0 “Die Afrikareise”: Rediscovering Suppé’s 1883 Blockbuster http://operetta-research-center.org/die-afrikareise-franz-von-suppe/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-afrikareise-franz-von-suppe/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:06:44 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9176 Vienna, 17 March 1883. At the legendary Theater an der Wien, Franz von Suppé’s latest show Die Afrikareise is given

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