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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Lehár’s “Land des Lächelns“ as a Modern Day Dating Operetta?
Franz Lehár’s 1929 hit Das Land des Lächelns, written for star tenor Richard Tauber and containing the ever popular “Dein
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Marthaler’s Joyless “Giuditta” In Munich
One should have known this would happen. If you hire the 70-year-old Christoph Marthaler, you get exactly that: Marthaler. He
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Lehár’s “Giuditta” As A Mash-Up With Ödön von Horváth’s “Sladek, Or: The Black Army”
The premiere of the new production of Lehár’s last operetta Giuditta is coming up at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. It’s
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Slow-Motion Lehár: “Giuditta“ At Bayerische Staatsoper In A Staging By Christoph Marthaler
There are those who consider stage director Christoph Marthaler a genius, because he takes the speed out of stories and
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“I Would Like To See More Women Writing About Operetta”: Micaela Baranello Discusses Her Book “The Operetta Empire”
The US-American musicologist Micaela Baranello joined the Department of Music at the University of Arkansas in 2017 and has recently
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Basic Operetta Opinions: 11 Questions For Ethel Merhaut
Soprano Ethel Merhaut is part of the “young musical scene of Vienna” and likes to “use lots of charme and
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Big Bang Moments: Martin Mitterrutzner Sings Tenor Hits Of The 1930s
The repertoire Tyrolean tenor Martin Mitterrutzner presents on his new album Heut’ ist der schönste Tag was made popular in
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Coming-out als Operettenrettung? Interview zum Queer Reading des „Dreimäderlhaus“
Als das Dreimäderlhaus am 15. Januar 1916 im Wiener Raimundtheater in Premiere ging waren die Kritiken gespalten. Denn Komponist Heinrich
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Tackling A Tauber Role: Sebastian Kohlhepp In “Schön ist die Welt” From The Bavarian State Opera
Okay, Munich has the Gärtnerplatztheater and thus a center of operetta “maintenance” in Germany which competes with Staatsoperette Dresden, Musikalische
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Dumbing Down Operetta: Thomas Macho’s New Lehár Movie On Arte
Obviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola
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Jaromir Weinberger’s Last Weimar Operetta “Frühlingsstürme” On DVD
You might be as baffled by this new release as I am: the recent production of Jaromir Weinberger’s “last Weimar
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Cancel Culture Reaches “Land des Lächelns” At Manhattan School Of Music
Here’s the curious case of Dona D. Vaughn and the state of operetta in 2020. As artistic director of opera
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A New “Eine Nacht in Venedig” From Oper Graz On CPO
What grabbed my immediate attention with this new Eine Nacht in Venedig on cpo are the names on the cover:
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“Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945” By Adrian Wright
In a preface to Cheer Up! British Musical Films 1929-1945, author Adrian Wright tells us that British Film Studios made
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The Father Of The “Silver Operetta” Age? Happy Birthday, Franz Lehár
It doesn’t happen often that an operetta composer gets that much attention in the general media, certainly the Germany language
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“…was verloren ging”: A New Book About Operetta Before & After 1933
Im Jahr 2005 profilierte sich die Staatsoperette Dresden mit einer überregional vielbeachteten Konferenz, die den Titel Operette unterm Hakenkreuz trug.
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Ethnic Exoticism & Chinese Stereotypes. Or: Lehár’s “Das Land des Lächelns” At The Mörbisch Summer Festival 2019
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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Jaromir Weinberger’s “Frühlingsstürme” And Paul Ábrahám’s “Dschainah” At Komische Oper Berlin 2019/20
“We’re not an operetta palace!“ Says Komische Oper intendant Barrie Kosky at the press conference where he announced the new
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‘Babylon Berlin’: A Philharmonic Discourse with Florian Illies, Manfred Görtemaker And Tilman Krause
Ah yes, the Weimar Republic. Again? While the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin is currently showing a marvelous exhibition on
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Kálmán’s “Kaiserin Josephine” (1936) On CPO: Live From The Léhar Festival in Ischl
Kálmán composed Kaiserin Josephine after his ‘regular’ first night theater, the Theater an der Wien, had gone bankrupt as a
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s “Das Lied der Liebe” From Leipzig
You know it’s Korngold alright from the very first bars: it’s an explosion of sound, hyper-intense like the opening of
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Berlin Babylon. Or: A New “Die Tote Stadt” at Komische Oper By Robert Carson
Is Korngold’s 1920 psycho thriller Die tote Stadt an operetta? Obviously not, but there are various links to the genre,
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Lehár’s “Der Graf von Luxemburg”: Live-Recording From Frankfurt With Amazing Conductor
Early Lehár operetta seems to be en vogue this season, on record at least. Here is a new release on
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Viennese Operetta Gems 1927-1949: A Classic Naxos Compilation
Any operetta compilation that starts with Charles Kullmann singing “Als flotter Geist, doch früh verwaist” like this has my immediate
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Lehár’s “Giuditta” With Christiane Libor On cpo
Giuditta spielt in Süditalien und Libyen. Aktueller können Orte von Handlungen nicht sein. Mit einen gewichtigen Unterschied zur Gegenwart. Damals
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GIUDITTA: Musical play in 5 scenes by Paul Knepler and Fritz Löhner-Beda. Music by Franz Lehár
Giuditta was the last of the series of darkly coloured romantic operettas (this one purposely titled ‘musikalische Komödie’) composed by
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Lehár’s “Giuditta”: A New Recording From Munich With Ulf Schirmer
There are many reasons why one can fall head-over-heels for Lehar’s “musikalische Komödie” Giuditta, first produced in January 1934 at
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Summer Operetta Season In Baden: “Frasquita” And “Dreimäderlhaus”
The summer season for operetta has started, and various festivals are about to open. Coming up in Baden, near Vienna,
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“Stars Of David”: The Influence Of Jewish Artists On Popular Music
It’s not every day that you get to see images of Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss Jr. and Richard Tauber right
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Andreas Homoki Will Stage “Das Land des Lächelns” With Piotr Beczala In Zurich
What the Opera House Zurich and the Komische Oper Berlin have in common are their architects: both were built by
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Oscar Straus’ “Perlen der Cleopatra” & Kálmán’s “Marinka” Next Season
Now it’s official: the Komische Oper Berlin has announced that next season the world will have a close encounter of
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A Definitive Richard Tauber Biography?
You could have been fooled into thinking there cannot possibly be anything new to say on the topic of Richard
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Deep Throat: Jonas Kaufmann Sings 1920s Operetta
When a PR-savvy superstar of the Jonas Kaufmann caliber issues a “cross-over“ album filled with operetta goodies, people take notice.
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Uli Scherbel Talks Operetta
At the 18th edition of the Schönebecker Operettensommer there’s a brand new Maske in Blau to be seen. While the
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„Spiel’ das mal schwul“: Interview mit Adam Benzwi
Heterosexuelle Gesangsstudenten entdecken bei Prof. Adam Benzwi von der Berliner Universität der Künste seit 20 Jahren den Schlüssel zur Operette,
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