Operetta Research Center » Volksoper Wien 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 Strauss in Sneakers: “Aschenbrödel” Steps Into the 21st Century http://operetta-research-center.org/strauss-aschenbrodels-traum-volksoper-ranisch-eisenreich-operette-queer/ http://operetta-research-center.org/strauss-aschenbrodels-traum-volksoper-ranisch-eisenreich-operette-queer/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:41:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25708 It seems there is Aschenbrödel everywhere these days. The Landestheater Coburg is offering the 1901 “completed new version by Josef

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/strauss-aschenbrodels-traum-volksoper-ranisch-eisenreich-operette-queer/feed/ 2 “Disrupted by the Morality Police”: A New Book on Carl Millöcker http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/ http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:00:50 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25172 Martin Trageser has published a 150 page book on Carl Millöcker (1842-1899). We spoke with him about this project and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/unfortunately-disrupted-morality-police-new-book-carl-millocker-life-works-martin-trageser/feed/ 1 Ambitionierte Vergangenheitsbewältigung: „Lass uns die Welt vergessen – Volksoper 1938“ http://operetta-research-center.org/vergangenheitsbewaltigung-lass-uns-die-welt-vergessen-volksoper-1938/ http://operetta-research-center.org/vergangenheitsbewaltigung-lass-uns-die-welt-vergessen-volksoper-1938/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:02:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24959 Zu ihrem 125-jährigen Jubiläum leistete sich die Wiener Volksoper eine Haupt- und Staatsaktion-Premiere mit dem etwas umständlichen Titel Lass uns

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/vergangenheitsbewaltigung-lass-uns-die-welt-vergessen-volksoper-1938/feed/ 1 Uraufführung von Moritz Eggerts neuer Operette „Die letzte Verschwörung“ http://operetta-research-center.org/urauffuhrung-von-moritz-eggerts-neue-operette-die-letzte-verschworung/ http://operetta-research-center.org/urauffuhrung-von-moritz-eggerts-neue-operette-die-letzte-verschworung/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 14:01:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24487 Ich werde diese Szene nie vergessen. Als sich während eines der Zwischenlockdowns mein Elektriker endlich wieder in meine Wohnung wagte,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/urauffuhrung-von-moritz-eggerts-neue-operette-die-letzte-verschworung/feed/ 0 Linz & Wien: Zweimal „Gräfin Mariza“ von Thomas Enzinger http://operetta-research-center.org/graefin-mariza-linz-volksoper-wien-thomas-enzinger/ http://operetta-research-center.org/graefin-mariza-linz-volksoper-wien-thomas-enzinger/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 13:45:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24493 Kálmáns Gräfin Mariza ist (neben der Csardasfürstin) eine seiner perfektesten, beliebtesten und daher zu Recht jahrein jahraus, landauf landab, im

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/graefin-mariza-linz-volksoper-wien-thomas-enzinger/feed/ 1 Aus Perspektive eines Operettennostalgikers: „Rebecca“ und „Glöckner“ in Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:31:25 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24231 Operettenfreunde in Österreich haben derzeit einen schweren Stand. Im sogenannten „Mekka der Operette“ in Mörbisch wird, seit Altbeau Alfons Haider

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rebecca-und-der-glockner-von-notre-dame-in-wien-aus-operettenperspektive/feed/ 0 Zwei Offenbach-Premieren in Wien: “Orpheus in der Unterwelt” und “La Périchole” http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/ http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:07:51 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24220 Wien war einst Jacques Offenbachs „zweites Paris“. 89 seiner Werke wurden hier aufgeführt, einige davon sogar uraufgeführt. Diese Tradition (ja

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbach-premieren-wien-der-unterwelt-und-peru/feed/ 0 Tick tick … boom? Lotte de Beer’s First Season at Volksoper Wien http://operetta-research-center.org/tick-tick-boom-lotte-de-beers-first-season-volksoper-wien/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tick-tick-boom-lotte-de-beers-first-season-volksoper-wien/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:49:57 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23510 So, now we know what Lotte de Beer as the new artistic director of the Volksoper in Vienna had up

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/tick-tick-boom-lotte-de-beers-first-season-volksoper-wien/feed/ 1 “Roxy und ihr Wunderteam” Comes To Bühne Burgäschi In 2022 http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/ http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:53:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23009 So, the success story continues: the recently rediscovered “vaudeville operetta” Roxy und ihr Wunderteam by Paul Abraham will come to

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-buhne-burgaschi-2022/feed/ 0 “Roxy und ihr Wunderteam” Comes To Volksoper Wien In September 2021 http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-volksoper-wien-september-2021/ http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-volksoper-wien-september-2021/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:11:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22043 Finally, Paul Ábrahám’s football vaudeville Roxy und ihr Wunderteam returns to Vienna, the place where the German version by Alfred

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/roxy-und-ihr-wunderteam-comes-volksoper-wien-september-2021/feed/ 0 “I Would Like To See More Women Writing About Operetta”: Micaela Baranello Discusses Her Book “The Operetta Empire” http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/ http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/#comments Sat, 29 May 2021 09:25:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21918 The US-American musicologist Micaela Baranello joined the Department of Music at the University of Arkansas in 2017 and has recently

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/micaela-baranello-discusses-new-book-operetta-empire/feed/ 3 Lotte de Beer: The Future Of Operetta At Volksoper Wien Is Female http://operetta-research-center.org/lotte-de-beer-future-operetta-volksoper-wien-female/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lotte-de-beer-future-operetta-volksoper-wien-female/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:14:39 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20669 The future of operetta in Vienna is female: Lotte de Beer was presented this week as new artistic director of

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