Operetta Research Center » San Francisco Opera 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 Francesca Zambello’s Version of “Showboat” At Glimmerglass Festival http://operetta-research-center.org/francesca-zambellos-version-showboat-glimmerglas-opera/ http://operetta-research-center.org/francesca-zambellos-version-showboat-glimmerglas-opera/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:31:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18080 Showboats gave the theatre-starved people along the Mississippi from the 1880s into the 1920s what they most wanted: melodrama and

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