Operetta Research Center » Spain 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 “Princesa misteriosa”: Pablo Luna’s “Benamor” (1923) http://operetta-research-center.org/princesa-misteriosa-pablo-luna-benamor-1923-enrique-mejias-garcia-glitter-and-be-gay-reloaded/ http://operetta-research-center.org/princesa-misteriosa-pablo-luna-benamor-1923-enrique-mejias-garcia-glitter-and-be-gay-reloaded/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2025 05:35:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25509 In the new edition of the book Glitter and be Gay: Reloaded Spanish musicologist Enrique Mejías García writes about the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/princesa-misteriosa-pablo-luna-benamor-1923-enrique-mejias-garcia-glitter-and-be-gay-reloaded/feed/ 0 Annus mirabilis? New Zarzuela Recordings in 2024 http://operetta-research-center.org/annus-mirabilis-new-zarzuela-recordings-2024/ http://operetta-research-center.org/annus-mirabilis-new-zarzuela-recordings-2024/#comments Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:35:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25427 When we speak of the zarzuela discography, the great Spanish opera singers of the second half of the 20th century

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/annus-mirabilis-new-zarzuela-recordings-2024/feed/ 0 Christmas Special at Teatro de la Comedia Dedicted to Francisco Arderíus http://operetta-research-center.org/teatro-de-la-comedia-madrid-christmas-special-teatro-de-la-comedia-dedicted-francisco-arderius/ http://operetta-research-center.org/teatro-de-la-comedia-madrid-christmas-special-teatro-de-la-comedia-dedicted-francisco-arderius/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:07:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24861 The Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid as the headquarters of the CNTC (the National Classical Theatre Company) is an

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/teatro-de-la-comedia-madrid-christmas-special-teatro-de-la-comedia-dedicted-francisco-arderius/feed/ 1 “Copyists and Pirates”: Jacobo Kaufmann’s Critique of Recent Offenbach Publications http://operetta-research-center.org/jacobo-kaufmann-offenbach-research/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jacobo-kaufmann-offenbach-research/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:13:44 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23802 The latest edition of The Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter includes a letter from Jacobo Kaufmann to editor Donald Fox. Its

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jacobo-kaufmann-offenbach-research/feed/ 2 Enrique Mejías García’s New Book “Offenbach, Composer of Zarzuelas” http://operetta-research-center.org/enrique-mejias-garcia-offenbach-composer-of-zarzuelas/ http://operetta-research-center.org/enrique-mejias-garcia-offenbach-composer-of-zarzuelas/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:24:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23540 Here’s great news: a new book on Offenbach is out! It is entitled Offenbach, Composer of Zarzuelas and has been

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/enrique-mejias-garcia-offenbach-composer-of-zarzuelas/feed/ 0 Isaac Albéniz’s “The Magic Opal” at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid http://operetta-research-center.org/isaac-albenizs-magic-opal-teatro-de-la-zarzuela-madrid/ http://operetta-research-center.org/isaac-albenizs-magic-opal-teatro-de-la-zarzuela-madrid/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:52:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23443 If not even a month ago the Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo invited us to take a magical journey to the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/isaac-albenizs-magic-opal-teatro-de-la-zarzuela-madrid/feed/ 0 Spain Invades Broadway: Rediscovering “The Land of Joy” at the Off-Festival in Oviedo http://operetta-research-center.org/the-land-joy-rediscovered-in-oviedo/ http://operetta-research-center.org/the-land-joy-rediscovered-in-oviedo/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:34:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23324 While German or Austrian theatres regularly programme classic Broadway musicals, Spain’s lyric theatres only rarely enter this attractive universe, though

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