Operetta Research Center » Victor Léon 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 Dumbing Down Operetta: Thomas Macho’s New Lehár Movie On Arte http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:55:09 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21120 Obviously, there are many ways to present history, including musical history. At the moment, you can watch the amazing Viola

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbing-down-operetta-thomas-machos-new-lehar-movie-arte/feed/ 1 A Bi-Polar “Merry Widow”: The Life Of Lily Elsie (1886-1962) Revisited http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:34:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20612 Elsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886. Her mother was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bi-polar-merry-widow-life-lily-elsie-1886-1961-revisited/feed/ 1 “Die lustige Witwe” With Marlis Petersen And Iurii Samoilov – Live From Oper Frankfurt http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-marlis-petersen-iurii-samoilov/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-marlis-petersen-iurii-samoilov/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:29:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17748 The original composer chosen für Die lustige Witwe by authors Leo Stein and Victor Léon was: Richard Heuberger. After he

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-marlis-petersen-iurii-samoilov/feed/ 0 Barbara Denscher: Der Operettenlibrettist Victor Léon http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denscher-der-operettenlibrettist-victor-leon/ http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denscher-der-operettenlibrettist-victor-leon/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:35:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13498 Victor Léon (1858-1940) hat im Lauf seiner mehr als fünfzigjährigen Theater-Karriere über hundert Bühnenstücke geschrieben, knapp die Hälfte davon wird

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denscher-der-operettenlibrettist-victor-leon/feed/ 2 Barbara Denscher’s Victor Léon Biography & Matthias Kauffmann’s “Operette im Dritten Reich” http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/ http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:56:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=13048 Has operetta research shifted gear? One could think so, considering that there are finally in-depth academic studies coming out that

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/barbara-denschers-victor-leon-biography-matthias-kauffmanns-operette-im-dritten-reich/feed/ 3 “Wiener Blut”: Eine explosive Gender-Komödie ums Triebleben aller Beteiligten http://operetta-research-center.org/wiener-blut-eine-explosive-gender-komodie-ums-triebleben-aller-beteiligten/ http://operetta-research-center.org/wiener-blut-eine-explosive-gender-komodie-ums-triebleben-aller-beteiligten/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:21:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6633 At the 2015 edition of Tanz-Signale in Vienna, devoted to Johann Strauss and his librettist Victor Léon, Kevin Clarke talked

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/wiener-blut-eine-explosive-gender-komodie-ums-triebleben-aller-beteiligten/feed/ 0 Tanz-Signale 2015: Conference About Gender Topics, Sex Addiction And Victor Léon http://operetta-research-center.org/tanz-signale-2015-conference-vienna-adresses-gender-problems-sex-addiction/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tanz-signale-2015-conference-vienna-adresses-gender-problems-sex-addiction/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:11:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6123 There was a whiff of fresh air in the room at the Tanz-Signale 2015. The Wiener Institut für Strauss-Forschung had

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/congress-vienna-operetta-real-life/feed/ 0 DIE LUSTIGE WITWE Operette in 3 acts http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-operette-3-acts/ http://operetta-research-center.org/die-lustige-witwe-operette-3-acts/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:30:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/orca/?p=2214 Henri Meilhac’s play L’Attaché d’ambassade, produced at Paris’s Théâtre du Vaudeville in 1861, was not a success. It was played

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