“Babes in Toyland” Revived by Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live!
I approached this resurrection of The Little Orchestra Society’s 1990s-era Babes in Toyland with some trepidation. Admirable champion of Herbert’s work
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Victor Herbert’s “Cyrano de Bergerac”: Live in New York
“You’re about to see a flop,” VHRP Artistic Director Alyce Mott impishly teased the packed house a few moments before
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“America in the French Imaginary” – A New Book That Sadly Forgets Operetta
“Music in Society and Culture” 1789-1914 we are informed on the cover of this new book. And then: “Following the
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Bringing Victor Herbert’s “Mlle. Modiste” (1905) Back to New York
The ever-enterprising Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! concluded its shortened season with one of Herbert’s most popular titles, the 1905
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A Farcical Comedy: Victor Herbert’s “The Only Girl” Returns to New York
For a work that, for all its cherishable qualities, can hardly be said to rate as one of Victor Herbert’s
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“Bitte Britisch”: Wenn Frankensteins Monster die Hose runterlässt
Vermutlich kennen Fans der Mel-Brooks-Filme den ekstatischen Liebesschrei „A Sweet Mystery of Life“ besser als die meisten Operettenfans hierzulande. Denn
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The Showtime Series: Historic Recordings Of “Mademoiselle Modiste” & “Naughty Marietta”
After 1945, Decca and American Columbia developed the 33 rpm LP vinyl record to replace the 78 rpm shellac disc.
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The Smithsonian’s 1981 Recording Of “Naughty Marietta” On CD For The First Time
Harbinger Records is planning a re-issue – for the first time on CD – of the Smithsonian Institution’s 1981 recording
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The Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! Presents “Heart O’Mine” Online
Over the last several months, the beloved New York institution dedicated to all things Victor Herbert, has been streaming video
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Victor Herbert’s Tune-Free Opera “Madeleine” (1914) Revived
Alyce Mott’s enterprising company Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! dedicated to all things Victor Herbert risked alienating the operetta regulars
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Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy: The Glory of Hollywood Operetta in Jeanine Basinger’s “The Movie Musical”
One of the more joyous things about recent new studies on musicals is the fact that they include operettas, without
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“Babes In Toyland” In Zwickau-Plauen. Or: Performing Victor Herbert In Germany
The small theater in Zwickau-Plauen (Germany) presented Victor Herbert’s much-loved Babes in Toyland as their Christmas spectacle and gave the
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Victor Herbert’s “The Debutante” (1914) Resurrected In New York
When Victor Herbert’s musical comedy The Debutante premiered in New York in 1914, it had the misfortune to occur the
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The Victor Herbert World Says Goodbye To Restorationist Quade Winter (1951-2019)
The Victor Herbert world says goodbye to one of its restorationists. Quade Winter of Pendleton, Oregon, died of cardiac arrest
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Herbert’s “Babes in Toyland” At Theater Plauen-Zwickau: First German Production
The show title Abenteuer im Spielzeugland might not directly ring a bell. But if you translate it into Babes in
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How Big Is The Stretch From “Fosse/Verdon” And “Judy” To A TV-Series About Erik Charell And Fritzi Massary?
As I sit watching the current TV series Fosse/Verdon, starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams as two show business legends,
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“Sweethearts” (1913) Performed By The Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live!
This admirable young company finished its fifth season with Victor Herbert’s hit, Sweethearts, which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre
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Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live: “Falling in Love For 160 Years”
VHRP Live’s love-themed concert may have been the company’s best yet, not forgetting such earlier gems as Son of Dublin
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Victor Herbert’s Last Operetta “Orange Blossoms” Returns To New York
Four years after Light Opera of New York exhumed Victor Herbert’s last operetta Orange Blossoms (more accurately, a “comedy with
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Victor Herbert’s “The Enchantress” In New York City
Hot on the heels of LOONY’s Naughty Marietta only one week before, along came yet another Victor Herbert work, but
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Captain “Dick” Meets “Naughty” Marietta. Or: Victor Herbert at LOONY
This most famous of Victor Herbert’s operettas, and arguably his best, received a classy salon concert performance the other night
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“Ladies First”: A Victor Herbert Concert in New York City
The enterprising VHRP Live! company has come up with something delightfully different on this occasion. Not a revival of a
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Victor Herbert’s “The Red Mill”: Holland Mania Sweeps New York Once Again
The third major Manhattan outing in recent years of Victor Herbert’s once hugely popular Broadway operetta The Red Mill proved
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Victor Herbert’s “The Red Mill” Returns To New York City
The Victor Herbert Renaissance Project LIVE! is launching its fourth season with The Red Mill, Broadway’s longest running success by
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Trying To Avoid The Same Old Superlatives: The 2017 Ohio Light Opera Season
Writing these annual roundups of Ohio Light Opera’s summer festival – run with consistent panache by Artistic Director Steven Daigle
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Victor Herbert (b Dublin, 1 February 1859; d New York, 24 May 1924)
Victor Herbert (b Dublin, 1 February 1859; d New York, 24 May 1924). The grandson of Samuel Lover, the novelist,
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BABES IN TOYLAND: Musical extravaganza by Victor Herbert
Commissioned by producers Julian Mitchell and Fred Hamlin to follow up their 1902 success with the fairytale spectacular The Wizard
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“Eileen” At The Victor Herbert Renaissance Projekt Live!
The third time was most definitely the charm for VHRP’s Artistic Director Alyce Mott’s revision of Victor Herbert and lyricist/book
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Kelli O’Hara Stars In “Babes In Toyland” Performance At Carnegie Hall
MasterVoices’ semi-staged concert version of Victor Herbert’s 1903 extravaganza Babes in Toyland – written originally as a follow-up to the
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“Son Of Ireland”: Victor Herbert Concert In New York
St. Patrick’s Day came a little early this year, courtesy of the always rewarding Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! Anyone
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“Son of Dublin”: An Irish-American Victor Herbert Concert
The “All Irish” season of the Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! continues with a concert of music by Victor Herbert
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Victor Herbert’s “Princess Pat” (1915) Revived In New York
Victor Herbert’s 1915 charmer The Princess Pat was lovingly resurrected by Alyce Mott’s intrepid group as the opener of their
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An Irish-Themed Victor Herbert Season In New York City 2016/17
“A themed season? Who does themed seasons anymore?” muses Alyce Mott, Artistic Director of the NYC-based Victor Herbert Renaissance Project
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Light Opera of New York: Jerome Kern’s “Sally”
Charm was in abundance at Light Opera of New York’s semi-staged concert reading of Jerome Kern’s 1920 musical smash Sally,
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Victor Herbert’s “Serenade” (1897) Returns To New York
Victor Herbert’s wildly popular 1897 comic operetta, The Serenade, forever changed the landscape of musical theater in America and abroad!
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Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live: “The Serenade”
Inasmuch as anyone revives Victor Herbert’s melodious operettas any longer, it is likely to be one of the biggies such
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