Operetta Research Center » Theater an der Wien 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 Pure Viagra: Pablo Luna’s “Benamor” Triumphs at Theater an der Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/ http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:42:04 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25818 Like Berlin, Madrid in the Golden Twenties was a hotspot of nightlife and a queer mecca. On the evening of

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/real-queerness-pablo-lunas-benamor-triumphs-theater-der-wien/feed/ 1 The International Success of Johann Strauss’ “Das Spitzentuch der Königin“ (1880) http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/ http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:46:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25481 Following the notable success of Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss had fared less well with Cagliostro in Wien and Prinz Methusalem

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/johann-strauss-das-spitzentuch-der-konigin-1880/feed/ 1 Bernsteins “Candide“ im Musiktheater an der Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/bernsteins-candide-musiktheater-an-der-wien/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bernsteins-candide-musiktheater-an-der-wien/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:47:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25022 Zu Beginn seiner Amtszeit hatte der neue Intendant des Musiktheaters an der Wien, Stefan Herheim, programmatisch verkündet, dass er jedes

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bernsteins-candide-musiktheater-an-der-wien/feed/ 0 Aus Perspektive eines Operettennostalgikers: „Rebecca“ und „Glöckner“ in Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:31:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24231 Operettenfreunde in Österreich haben derzeit einen schweren Stand. Im sogenannten „Mekka der Operette“ in Mörbisch wird, seit Altbeau Alfons Haider

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/feed/ 0 Zwei Offenbach-Premieren in Wien: “Orpheus in der Unterwelt” und “La Périchole” http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:07:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24220 Wien war einst Jacques Offenbachs „zweites Paris“. 89 seiner Werke wurden hier aufgeführt, einige davon sogar uraufgeführt. Diese Tradition (ja

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/feed/ 0 “Nanon, die Wirtin vom Goldenen Lamm“: Richard Genée‘s 1877 Hit Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/nanon-richard-genee-1877/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nanon-richard-genee-1877/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2021 10:06:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22922 This operette in 3 acts by F Zell is based on the comédie-vaudeville Nanon, Ninon et Madame de Maintenon by

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/feed/ 3 The Royal Voice of Betty Fischer On Truesound Transfers http://operetta-research-center.org/royal-voice-betty-fischer-truesound-transfers/ http://operetta-research-center.org/royal-voice-betty-fischer-truesound-transfers/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:42:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19756 In 1924 Betty Fischer created one of the greatest operetta roles of the 20th century: Gräfin Mariza in Emmerich Kálmán’s

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/royal-voice-betty-fischer-truesound-transfers/feed/ 0 Remembering Will Marion Cook, Composer Of “In Dahomey” And The Cakewalk http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-will-marion-cook-composer-dahomey-cakewalk/ http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-will-marion-cook-composer-dahomey-cakewalk/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:00:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19744 Will Marion Cook was born in Washington, DC, on 27 January, 1869. The son of a well-off and well-educated family,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/remembering-will-marion-cook-composer-dahomey-cakewalk/feed/ 0 Listening To The Berlin Recordings Of Josef Josephi. Or: The “Elitekorps der Operette” http://operetta-research-center.org/josef-josephi-berlin-recordings-truesound-transfers/ http://operetta-research-center.org/josef-josephi-berlin-recordings-truesound-transfers/#comments Sat, 23 May 2020 10:29:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19635 I’ve been on a bit of a Truesound Transfers trip these past few days. You know, that small Berlin based

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/josef-josephi-berlin-recordings-truesound-transfers/feed/ 1 World-Premiere Recording of Strauss’ “Blindekuh” (1878) On Naxos http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-strauss-blindekuh-1878/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-strauss-blindekuh-1878/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:28:34 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19356 When it comes to Naxos and operetta, and Johann Strauss shows in particular, the famous budget label has a rather

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-strauss-blindekuh-1878/feed/ 2 World Premiere Recording Of Johann Strauss’ “Blindekuh” On Naxos http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-johann-strauss-blindekuh-naxos/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-johann-strauss-blindekuh-naxos/#comments Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:28:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18928 As part of their Johann Strauss “rediscovery series” the label Naxos is releasing the 1878 operetta Blindekuh which premiered at

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