Operetta Research Center » Semperoper Dresden 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 A Revived Interest In “Heiteres Musiktheater der DDR”? It’s Not Just About Nostalgia http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:08:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21140 Recently, Wolfgang Jansen published a collection of essays dealing with “Popular Music Theater under Socialism,” an aspect of 20th century

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/feed/ 1 “Gisela, Frisco, Bunbury”: Rediscovering “Heiteres Musiktheater” From The DDR http://operetta-research-center.org/gisela-frisco-bunbury-rediscovering-heiteres-musiktheater-ddr/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gisela-frisco-bunbury-rediscovering-heiteres-musiktheater-ddr/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:06:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19014 It’s mind boggling that the entire operetta repertoire created and performed in the former DDR between 1949 and 1990 has

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gisela-frisco-bunbury-rediscovering-heiteres-musiktheater-ddr/feed/ 1 A 15 Year Old “Fledermaus” At Semperoper Dresden: Is Johann Strauss Beneath Them? http://operetta-research-center.org/15-year-old-fledermaus-semperoper-dresden/ http://operetta-research-center.org/15-year-old-fledermaus-semperoper-dresden/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2018 10:58:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13836 Dresden’s Fledermaus production is 15 years old and the performance I attended was its 90th outing. It is a very

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