Operetta Research Center » Walter Kollo 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 Hugo Hirsch’s “Der Fürst von Pappenheim“ Revived in Annaberg-Buchholz http://operetta-research-center.org/hugo-hirsch-der-furst-von-pappenheim-annaberg-buchholz-christian-von-gotz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/hugo-hirsch-der-furst-von-pappenheim-annaberg-buchholz-christian-von-gotz/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:51:11 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24834 It’s announced as a “rarity“ – and it certainly is. The Winterstein Theater in Annaberg-Buchholz in Saxony/Germany will present Hugo

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/hugo-hirsch-der-furst-von-pappenheim-annaberg-buchholz-christian-von-gotz/feed/ 0 World Premiere Recording: Walter W. Goetze’s “Wenn Männer schwindeln” http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/ http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:03:14 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24594 The works of German pre-WW1 composers have only recently come back into focus again – as opposed to the better-known

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/world-premiere-recording-walter-goetze-wenn-manner-schwindeln-operetta-archives/feed/ 1 “Das ist die Berliner Luft”: Paul Lincke Overtures Volume 1 http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-paul-linke-overtures-volume-1/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-paul-linke-overtures-volume-1/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2023 11:09:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24196 This newly issued 2020 recording from CPO has rarely been out of my CD player since it arrived: it is

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ernst-theis-paul-linke-overtures-volume-1/feed/ 0 Jean Gilbert’s “Kinokönigin” (1913) Is Returning To The Stage In Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:53:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22386 There’s interesting news from Leipzig, where the Musikalische Komödie has just announced what they’ll be doing in the 2021/22 season.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jean-gilberts-kinokonigin-1913-musikalische-komoedie/feed/ 0 Catch Him If You Can? A New Biography Of Willi Kollo (1904-1988) Discussing His Nazi History http://operetta-research-center.org/new-biography-willi-kollo-1904-1988-discussing-nazi-history/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-biography-willi-kollo-1904-1988-discussing-nazi-history/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:16:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19337 You could be surprised: here’s a brand new Willi Kollo (1904-1988) biography, and the only picture you’ll find anywhere in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-biography-willi-kollo-1904-1988-discussing-nazi-history/feed/ 0 Wolfgang Jansen’s New Biography Of Willi Kollo (1904-1988): How Much Nazi History Will He Adress? http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-biography-willi-kollo-much-nazi-history-will-adress/ http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-biography-willi-kollo-much-nazi-history-will-adress/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:58:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19116 It took Berlin based musical theater researcher Wolfgang Jansen a while, and it took the various legal departments even more

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-biography-willi-kollo-much-nazi-history-will-adress/feed/ 0 Evelin Förster Presents: “Sommerfrische (Bade)Chansons” From 1910–1930 http://operetta-research-center.org/herr-lehmann-hat-die-lu-gezwickt-sommerfrische-badechansons-bilder-und-texte-aus-den-jahren-1910-1930/ http://operetta-research-center.org/herr-lehmann-hat-die-lu-gezwickt-sommerfrische-badechansons-bilder-und-texte-aus-den-jahren-1910-1930/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:09:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18194 The heat wave is back, in Germany at least. And the only appropriate way to cool off – operetta style!

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/herr-lehmann-hat-die-lu-gezwickt-sommerfrische-badechansons-bilder-und-texte-aus-den-jahren-1910-1930/feed/ 0 Cross-Dressed Military Operetta In World War 1 And 2: An Exhibition In Meiningen And A New Book http://operetta-research-center.org/cross-dressed-military-operetta-world-war-1-two-exhibition-meiningen-new-book/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cross-dressed-military-operetta-world-war-1-two-exhibition-meiningen-new-book/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2018 21:26:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=16074 Back in 2014, corresponding with the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Schwules Museum in Berlin offered

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cross-dressed-military-operetta-world-war-1-two-exhibition-meiningen-new-book/feed/ 0 “Wie einst im Mai” At The Summer Festival in Neustrelitz http://operetta-research-center.org/wie-einst-im-mai-summer-festival-neustrelitz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/wie-einst-im-mai-summer-festival-neustrelitz/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2018 08:24:01 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15231 Neustrelitz is a small, historic, beautiful, charming, quiet town, set amidst the lakes north of Berlin. For British readers: can

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/wie-einst-im-mai-summer-festival-neustrelitz/feed/ 0 Sigrid Grajek Revives Claire Waldoff Repertoire http://operetta-research-center.org/sigrid-grajek-claire-waldoff/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sigrid-grajek-claire-waldoff/#comments Sat, 05 Aug 2017 08:27:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12748 Die Wirkungsgeschichte von Ikonen folgt eigenen Maßstäben. Und die von Claire Waldoff ganz besonders. Denn die Lieder und Aufnahmen der

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/sigrid-grajek-claire-waldoff/feed/ 0 Victor Hollaender: The Musical Voice of Wilhelmine Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-hollaender-musical-voice-wilhelmine-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-hollaender-musical-voice-wilhelmine-berlin/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2016 14:25:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/orca/?p=1677 Alan Lareau, Professor of German at the University of Oshkosh and a scholar specialized in the cabaret culture of the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-hollaender-musical-voice-wilhelmine-berlin/feed/ 1 “Berlin Non Stop”: A New Musical For The German Capital? http://operetta-research-center.org/berlin-non-stop-new-musical-german-capital/ http://operetta-research-center.org/berlin-non-stop-new-musical-german-capital/#comments Mon, 30 May 2016 08:36:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=9956 Isn’t it strange that the city of Berlin is so popular, with young (and not so young) hormone-driven tourists from

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