Operetta Research Center » Tipi Zelt am Kanzleramt 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 “Frau Luna” Returns as a Glittering Utopia http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/ http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:26:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25811 When this production of Paul Lincke’s classic Frau Luna opened in Berlin ten years ago, it was one among many

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-returns-glittering-utopia/feed/ 0 The Return of “Ennobled” Operetta: Lehár, Thielemann, and an Unlearned Lesson http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/ http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:01:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25792 Berlin was—and in many ways still is—a center of operetta innovation. A reminder: in the 1920s, crucial impulses for renewing

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/staatsoper-unter-den-linden-neujahrskonzert-christian-thielemann-lehar/feed/ 0 The Exorcism Continues: “Frau Luna” Back in Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-comes-back-to-berlin-at-tipi-im-kanzleramt-in-2026/ http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-comes-back-to-berlin-at-tipi-im-kanzleramt-in-2026/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:37:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25534 Exciting news from Berlin: the beloved production of Paul Lincke’s Frau Luna at Tipi am Kanzleramt is coming back. In

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-comes-back-to-berlin-at-tipi-im-kanzleramt-in-2026/feed/ 0 The Battle of the Divas – Desirée Nick, Stefanie Dietrich & Christoph Marti http://operetta-research-center.org/desiree-nick-stefanie-dietrich-christoph-marti-battle-of-the-divas/ http://operetta-research-center.org/desiree-nick-stefanie-dietrich-christoph-marti-battle-of-the-divas/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:39:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24257 There are no real operetta divas around anymore. Or are there? It seems that nowadays most sopranos singing the once-famous

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/desiree-nick-stefanie-dietrich-christoph-marti-battle-of-the-divas/feed/ 0 Apocalypse Now: Tutti D*Amore Presents “Magna Mater” As a Mashup Of “Schöne Galathée” & “Lysistrata” http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-damore-presents-magna-mater-mashup-schone-galathee-lysistrata/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-damore-presents-magna-mater-mashup-schone-galathee-lysistrata/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2021 09:58:03 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22239 The “tuttis” are at their exercise again, you might say. The Berlin Collective for Contemporary Operetta is presenting their queer-feminist

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/tutti-damore-presents-magna-mater-mashup-schone-galathee-lysistrata/feed/ 0 A Christmas Marathon Of Operetta Streams: From “Frau Luna” To “Cinderella” And Offenbach http://operetta-research-center.org/christmas-marathon-operetta-streams-frau-luna-cinderella-offenbach/ http://operetta-research-center.org/christmas-marathon-operetta-streams-frau-luna-cinderella-offenbach/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:05:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21094 It seems that the operetta scene is finally awaking to the possibilities of the internet as a chance to overcome

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/christmas-marathon-operetta-streams-frau-luna-cinderella-offenbach/feed/ 0 Post-Corona Operetta In Berlin. Or: Here’s Barrie Kosky’s Chancelled “Orpheus In The Underworld” http://operetta-research-center.org/post-corona-operetta-berlin-barrie-koskys-orpheus-underworld/ http://operetta-research-center.org/post-corona-operetta-berlin-barrie-koskys-orpheus-underworld/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:47:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20247 Has the long waiting finally come to an end, is post-Corona operetta back? After the somewhat problematic “Jewish and Gay”

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/post-corona-operetta-berlin-barrie-koskys-orpheus-underworld/feed/ 0 “One Long Gender-Bender”: Berlin’s Queer Operetta Revolution In The Years 2010-2020 http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-queer-operetta-revolution-years-2010-2020/ http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-queer-operetta-revolution-years-2010-2020/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:24:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19497 The Drama Review (TDR) is planning a special issue on the developments in the German theater scene from 2010 to

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/berlins-queer-operetta-revolution-years-2010-2020/feed/ 0 Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) As Part Of The New “Cindy & Bert” Show At Tipi Am Kanzleramt http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-part-new-cindy-bert-show-tipi-kanzleramt/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-part-new-cindy-bert-show-tipi-kanzleramt/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:50:16 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18647 Composer Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) might have been one of the most successful German operetta stars in the pre-WW1 years, he

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilbert-part-new-cindy-bert-show-tipi-kanzleramt/feed/ 0 The Ingeborg Hallstein Exorcism: “Frau Luna” Revived At Tipi Am Kanzleramt http://operetta-research-center.org/ingeborg-hallstein-exorcism-frau-luna-revived-tipi-kanzleramt/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ingeborg-hallstein-exorcism-frau-luna-revived-tipi-kanzleramt/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2019 11:09:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16604 It’s a brief moment, but it is pure magic. And it elevates an already magical evening to an outstanding event

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ingeborg-hallstein-exorcism-frau-luna-revived-tipi-kanzleramt/feed/ 0 “Frau Luna” And The Budapester Luft: The Berlin ‘National’ Operetta Vs. The Hungarian National Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-budapester-luft-berlin-national-operetta-vs-budapest-national-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-budapester-luft-berlin-national-operetta-vs-budapest-national-operetta/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2019 23:08:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16641 Mind the apostrophes! The recent revival of Paul Lincke’s Frau Luna at Tipi am Kanzleramt is a firm reference point

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/frau-luna-budapester-luft-berlin-national-operetta-vs-budapest-national-operetta/feed/ 2 Sophia Euskirchen & Jörn-Felix Alt Revive The Weimar Era: “Cabaret” Back In Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/sophia-euskirchen-jorn-felix-alt-cabaret-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sophia-euskirchen-jorn-felix-alt-cabaret-berlin/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2018 10:22:42 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15760 It’s a weird and wonderful experience to sit in the Tipi-am-Kanzleramt tent, waiting for a performance of Kander & Ebb’s

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