Operetta Research Center » Robert Gilbert 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 “Hopsa” – Paul Burkhard’s Breakthrough and the Birth of the Swiss Musical http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/ http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25833 The Bühne Burgäschi has announced a new production of Hopsa for summer 2026, bringing renewed attention to the work with

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/hopsa-paul-burkhard-buhne-burhaschi-swiss-musical/feed/ 0 Ernst Neubach (1900-1968): Librettist, Lyricist, Film Producer, Director http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:49:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25287 He claimed to have written the lyrics for over 2,000 songs and to have been involved in “the making of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-neubach-librettist-lyricist-film-producer-director/feed/ 0 Jean Gilbert (1879-1942): One of the Most Successful Composers for the German Musical Stage http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 09:35:19 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23470 Gilbert was born as Max Winterfeld in Hamburg, 11 February 1879. He died in exile in Buenos Aires, 20 December

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-german-composer/feed/ 3 “Die Kino-Königin”: Operette in 3 Acts by Jean Gilbert http://operetta-research-center.org/kinokoenigin-operette-jean-gilbert/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kinokoenigin-operette-jean-gilbert/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 08:36:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23456 Jean Gilbert’s operetta with the original libretto by Georg Okonkowski premiered on 22 November 1912 at Deutsches Operettentheater, Hamburg, as

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kinokoenigin-operette-jean-gilbert/feed/ 0 Hanns Eisler: Couplets & Ballads With The Amazing HK Gruber http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/ http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:21:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23230 At first glance, Hanns Eisler doesn’t have much to do with operetta. But if you look closer, the very first

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/hanns-eisler-hk-gruber/feed/ 0 Gilbertmania in Spain: Revivisting Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:33:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22420 When Max Winterfeld – better known by his artistic name Jean Gilbert – arrived in Spain in 1934, the country

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gilbertmania-spain-revivisting-jean-gilbert-1879-1942/feed/ 1 “Das hab’ ich von Papa gelernt”: Thomas Fritsch Dies At The Age Of 77 http://operetta-research-center.org/das-hab-ich-von-papa-gelernt-thomas-fritsch-dies-age-77/ http://operetta-research-center.org/das-hab-ich-von-papa-gelernt-thomas-fritsch-dies-age-77/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:22:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21778 On 21 April, 2021, the actor and singer Thomas Fritsch died at the age of 77. He was the son

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/das-hab-ich-von-papa-gelernt-thomas-fritsch-dies-age-77/feed/ 0 Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) As Part Of The New “Cindy & Bert” Show At Tipi Am Kanzleramt http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-part-new-cindy-bert-show-tipi-kanzleramt/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-part-new-cindy-bert-show-tipi-kanzleramt/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:50:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18647 Composer Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) might have been one of the most successful German operetta stars in the pre-WW1 years, he

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-part-new-cindy-bert-show-tipi-kanzleramt/feed/ 0 Evelin Förster Presents: “Sommerfrische (Bade)Chansons” From 1910–1930 http://operetta-research-center.org/herr-lehmann-hat-die-lu-gezwickt-sommerfrische-badechansons-bilder-und-texte-aus-den-jahren-1910-1930/ http://operetta-research-center.org/herr-lehmann-hat-die-lu-gezwickt-sommerfrische-badechansons-bilder-und-texte-aus-den-jahren-1910-1930/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:09:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18194 The heat wave is back, in Germany at least. And the only appropriate way to cool off – operetta style!

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/herr-lehmann-hat-die-lu-gezwickt-sommerfrische-badechansons-bilder-und-texte-aus-den-jahren-1910-1930/feed/ 0 “Grüezi” As A Swiss Exile Answer To “Im Weissen Rössl” – An Interview With Melanie Gehrig Walthert & Reimar Walthert http://operetta-research-center.org/gruezi-swiss-exile-answer-im-weissen-rossl-interview-melanie-gehrig-walthert-reimar-walthert/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gruezi-swiss-exile-answer-im-weissen-rossl-interview-melanie-gehrig-walthert-reimar-walthert/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2019 08:22:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17616 First you’ve never heard of Grüezi at all, even though the artists who created it are all artists you’ve known

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gruezi-swiss-exile-answer-im-weissen-rossl-interview-melanie-gehrig-walthert-reimar-walthert/feed/ 0 “Grüezi” In Burgäschi & Zurich. Or: The Swiss Answer To “Im weißen Rössl” http://operetta-research-center.org/gruezi-burgaschi-swiss-answer-im-weisen-rossl/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gruezi-burgaschi-swiss-answer-im-weisen-rossl/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2019 13:27:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17189 Just when you think there cannot, possibly, be any more Im weißen Rössl stuff coming your way – there is!

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gruezi-burgaschi-swiss-answer-im-weisen-rossl/feed/ 1 Nils Grosch & Carolin Stahrenberg: “Im weißen Rössl. Kulturgeschichtliche Perspektiven” http://operetta-research-center.org/nils-grosch-carolin-stahrenberg-im-weisen-rossl-kulturgeschichtliche-perspektiven/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nils-grosch-carolin-stahrenberg-im-weisen-rossl-kulturgeschichtliche-perspektiven/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:18:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17051 Over the past twenty years, German-speaking operetta has been enjoying a revival, especially Berlin operettas of the Weimar Republic by

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