Operetta Research Center » Victor Herbert 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 “Babes in Toyland” Revived by Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:23:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25033 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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/feed/ 0 Victor Herbert’s “Cyrano de Bergerac”: Live in New York http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 15:33:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24506 “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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/feed/ 0 “America in the French Imaginary” – A New Book That Sadly Forgets Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/america-french-imaginary-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/america-french-imaginary-operetta/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2022 19:27:03 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23621 “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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/america-french-imaginary-operetta/feed/ 0 Bringing Victor Herbert’s “Mlle. Modiste” (1905) Back to New York http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-mlle-modiste-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-mlle-modiste-new-york/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:22:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23575 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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-mlle-modiste-new-york/feed/ 0 A Farcical Comedy: Victor Herbert’s “The Only Girl” Returns to New York http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:46:21 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23348 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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-girl-returns-new-york/feed/ 1 “Bitte Britisch”: Wenn Frankensteins Monster die Hose runterlässt http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:47:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22716 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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bitte-britisch-staatsoperette/feed/ 0 The Showtime Series: Historic Recordings Of “Mademoiselle Modiste” & “Naughty Marietta” http://operetta-research-center.org/showtime-series-historic-recordings/ http://operetta-research-center.org/showtime-series-historic-recordings/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:56:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21939 After 1945, Decca and American Columbia developed the 33 rpm LP vinyl record to replace the 78 rpm shellac disc.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/showtime-series-historic-recordings/feed/ 0 The Smithsonian’s 1981 Recording Of “Naughty Marietta” On CD For The First Time http://operetta-research-center.org/smithsonians-1981-recording-naughty-marietta-cd-first-time/ http://operetta-research-center.org/smithsonians-1981-recording-naughty-marietta-cd-first-time/#comments Wed, 26 May 2021 12:59:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21909 Harbinger Records is planning a re-issue – for the first time on CD – of the Smithsonian Institution’s 1981 recording

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/smithsonians-1981-recording-naughty-marietta-cd-first-time/feed/ 0 The Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! Presents “Heart O’Mine” Online http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-renaissance-project-live-presents-heart-omine-online/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-renaissance-project-live-presents-heart-omine-online/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:18:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20851 Over the last several months, the beloved New York institution dedicated to all things Victor Herbert, has been streaming video

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herbert-renaissance-project-live-presents-heart-omine-online/feed/ 0 Victor Herbert’s Tune-Free Opera “Madeleine” (1914) Revived http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-tune-free-opera-madeleine-1914-revived/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-tune-free-opera-madeleine-1914-revived/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:10:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19084 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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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-tune-free-opera-madeleine-1914-revived/feed/ 0 Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy: The Glory of Hollywood Operetta in Jeanine Basinger’s “The Movie Musical” http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-nelson-eddy-glory-hollywood-operetta-jeanine-basingers-new-book/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-nelson-eddy-glory-hollywood-operetta-jeanine-basingers-new-book/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:23:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18906 One of the more joyous things about recent new studies on musicals is the fact that they include operettas, without

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-nelson-eddy-glory-hollywood-operetta-jeanine-basingers-new-book/feed/ 1 “Babes In Toyland” In Zwickau-Plauen. Or: Performing Victor Herbert In Germany http://operetta-research-center.org/babes-toyland-zwickau-plauen-performing-victor-herbert-germany/ http://operetta-research-center.org/babes-toyland-zwickau-plauen-performing-victor-herbert-germany/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:04:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18850 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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