Operetta Research Center » Rudolf Friml 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 “Czech Operetta and Its Transnational Context”: A Conference in Prague http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/ http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:48:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24304 In March 2023 there’s a three-day conference in Prague devoted to the question of “Czech Operetta and Its Transnational Context”.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/feed/ 0 Jeanette MacDonald (1901-1965): Hollywood’s Most Successful Soprano Star Of Celluloid Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-1901-1965-hollywoods-successful-soprano-star-celluloid-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-1901-1965-hollywoods-successful-soprano-star-celluloid-operetta/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:52:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20550 After beginning her singing career as a teenager in the chorus of a New York revue, Miss MacDonald (born in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-1901-1965-hollywoods-successful-soprano-star-celluloid-operetta/feed/ 0 Sigmund Romberg’s 1933 Musical Romance “Melody” On CD: New Cast Recording http://operetta-research-center.org/rombergs-1933-musical-romance-melody-cd/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rombergs-1933-musical-romance-melody-cd/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2016 17:53:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11259 It is seemingly inevitable that a conversation among Broadway aficionados about composer Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951) eventually turns to the question:

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rombergs-1933-musical-romance-melody-cd/feed/ 0 Re-Sampling A Legend: “Ziegfeld And His Follies” By Cynthia And Sara Brideson http://operetta-research-center.org/re-sampling-legend-ziegfeld-follies-cynthia-sara-brideson/ http://operetta-research-center.org/re-sampling-legend-ziegfeld-follies-cynthia-sara-brideson/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:50:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11171 Here is a splashy new biography of “Broadway’s Greatest Producer,” Florenz Ziegfeld, written by the team of the Brideson sisters,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/re-sampling-legend-ziegfeld-follies-cynthia-sara-brideson/feed/ 1 “Girls With No Clothes To Speak Of”: Broadway-Operetta Then And Now http://operetta-research-center.org/girls-clothes-speak-operetta-broadway-now/ http://operetta-research-center.org/girls-clothes-speak-operetta-broadway-now/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:13:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7117 There is a renewed interest in operetta internationally, not just the French and Austrian variety of the genre, but also

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/girls-clothes-speak-operetta-broadway-now/feed/ 0 4 For 45: Operetta Movie Classics On Sale At Warner http://operetta-research-center.org/4-45-operetta-classics-sale/ http://operetta-research-center.org/4-45-operetta-classics-sale/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:04:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=5445 It is not quite an “indecent proposal,” as in the 1993 Robert Redford movie. But still, it’s a stunning offer:

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/4-45-operetta-classics-sale/feed/ 2 Rudolf Friml (b Prague, 8 December 1879; d Hollywood, Calif, 12 November 1972) http://operetta-research-center.org/rudolf-friml-b-prague-8-december-1879-d-hollywood-calif-12-november-1972/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rudolf-friml-b-prague-8-december-1879-d-hollywood-calif-12-november-1972/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 08:47:58 +0000 http://chateauorwey.com/orca/?p=976 The Prague-born Friml studied music in his native city from a young age, and made his early career principally as

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rudolf-friml-b-prague-8-december-1879-d-hollywood-calif-12-november-1972/feed/ 0 ROSE MARIE Musical play in 2 acts http://operetta-research-center.org/rose-marie-musical-play-2-acts/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rose-marie-musical-play-2-acts/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:08:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/orca/?p=2419 Although the Broadway musical theatre had established itself worldwide with its light-handed song-and-dance shows – Going Up, Irene, Mercenary Mary,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rose-marie-musical-play-2-acts/feed/ 4 THE VAGABOND KING Musical play in 4 acts http://operetta-research-center.org/vagabond-king-musical-play-4/ http://operetta-research-center.org/vagabond-king-musical-play-4/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:38:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/orca/?p=2406 One of the many variants on the Abu Hasan ‘king for a day’ tale, Justin McCarthy’s play If I Were

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