Wiener Operette, Moderne und kulturelle Viefalt: Moritz Csákys Essay in neuer Auflage
1996 erschien Moritz Csákys „kulturhistorischer Essay“ Ideologie der Operette und Wiener Moderne (Wien – Köln – Weimar: Böhlau). 2021 kam
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“Indigo und die 40 Räuber“: Gratuitous Nudity at Amtshaus Hietzing?
When Johann Strauss presented his first operetta Indigo und die 40 Räuber in 1871 – as a Thousand-and-One-Nights-spectacle written with
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Tick tick … boom? Lotte de Beer’s First Season at Volksoper Wien
So, now we know what Lotte de Beer as the new artistic director of the Volksoper in Vienna had up
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“Lachende Erben“, Or: Another Weinberger?
Carl [Rudolf Michael] Weinberger was born in Vienna on 3 April, 1861, and he died there on 1 November, 1939.
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Homage to Carl Michael Ziehrer: The Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert 2022
It’s only a few days now, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will be at their exercise again. Their 1 January
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“Nanon, die Wirtin vom Goldenen Lamm“: Richard Genée‘s 1877 Hit Revisited
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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Benatzky’s “Der reichste Mann der Welt“ In Annaberg-Buchholz
With the discovery of the opera Leonce and Lena by Erich Zeisl and, now, the first production of Ralph Benatzky’s
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Richard Genée’s “Die Antisemiten” (1868): Solo Scene Translated Into English
With a title like Die Antisemiten (The Antisemites) attached to a “Grand Opera” you have the immediate attention of most
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“Sehnsucht 202” On DVD: A Very Queer Version Of Vienna With Fritz Schulz & Paul Kemp
The Austrian newspaper Der Standard has added a forgotten film operetta to their DVD series “Der österreichische Film”, a movie
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Oscar Straus: Avant-propos
Il n’est guère de compositeur du vingtième siècle qui ait été jadis aussi fêté de part et d’autre de l’Atlantique
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Vienna’s New Year’s Concert: Using Johann Strauss As A PR-Tool For Tourism
How could we get through January 1st without the obligatory New Year’s Concert from Vienna? The 2016 edition was conducted
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Arthur Schnitzler And His Operettas
Playwrite and author Arthur Schnitzler had a special relationship with music, not least, because many of his famous texts were
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Golden Schikaneder Statues: The Third Annual Austrian Music Awards
Obviously, the whole world watches the Tony Awards and what’s happening on Broadway – which excludes operetta. (Even if The
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“Zehn Mädchen und kein Mann”: Early Franz von Suppé In Hannover
The girls are at it, again. Yes, the students of the Hannover Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien are tackling
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The Hungarian Connection: Reclaiming The Repertoire
Vienna and Budapest: those are two important fixtures in the operetta universe. And two highly profitable marketing terms. There are
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Happy New Year: Josef Strauss Meets Offenbach For A Quadrille Ride
If you know your operetta history, you will be aware of the fact that Johann Strauss Jr. was the most
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The Man Behind “Die Fledermaus”: New Biography of Richard Genée
As the author of Die Fledermaus (1874) and a whole series of other famous Strauss operettas, Richard Genée is not
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Paul Abraham: An Interview with His First Biographer
The German journalist Klaus Waller has written a 240 pages biography of Paul Abraham: Der tragische König der Operette. It
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Marion Linhardt: “Stimmen zur Unterhaltung” and “Residenzstadt und Metropole”
Wonderful and important news for all (German speaking) operetta fans: Marion Linhardt has edited the first ever collection of primary
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