Operetta Research Center » Weimar Republic 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 A Trip Back To The 1920s: Ben Zimmermann’s “Höchste Eisenbahn“ Album http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-back-1920s-ben-zimmermanns-hochste-eisenbahn-album/ http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-back-1920s-ben-zimmermanns-hochste-eisenbahn-album/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:37:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23645 This CD entitled Höchste Eisenbahn by actor Ben Zimmermann and pianist Mark McNeill is called a „Doku Revue der Goldenen

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/trip-back-1920s-ben-zimmermanns-hochste-eisenbahn-album/feed/ 0 Benatzky’s “Meine Schwester und Ich“ at Theater Vorpommern http://operetta-research-center.org/benatzkys-meine-schwester-und-ich-theater-vorpommern/ http://operetta-research-center.org/benatzkys-meine-schwester-und-ich-theater-vorpommern/#comments Sun, 15 May 2022 18:12:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23591 The Theater Vorpommern is a company that plays in various cities near the Baltic Sea in North-East Germany. Its opera

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/benatzkys-meine-schwester-und-ich-theater-vorpommern/feed/ 0 Exploring Evelin Förster’s New Book Project: German Illustrated Sheet Music Covers as a Mirror of Society http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/ http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:08:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23408 Vamps, policemen, harem dancers, waiters, dandies, grotesque dancing couples, and film stars populate the covers of early twentieth century sheet

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/evelin-forster-perlen-der-cleopatra/feed/ 0 The Patriarchy Thinks Dicks Smell Like Roses: “Lila Lied” As Queer Cabaret At SchwuZ http://operetta-research-center.org/patriarchy-thinks-dicks-smell-like-roses-lila-lied-queer-cabaret-schwuz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/patriarchy-thinks-dicks-smell-like-roses-lila-lied-queer-cabaret-schwuz/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:44:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22635 “Welcome to the 20s” says the poster for Lila Lied, “The Queer Cabaret” that was presented in Berlin’s SchwuZ. In

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/patriarchy-thinks-dicks-smell-like-roses-lila-lied-queer-cabaret-schwuz/feed/ 1 Paul O’Montis: Biography Of A “Vortragskünstler” Adored By Elderly Ladies & Young Gentlemen http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:19:22 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22488 Most operetta fans will know Paul O’Montis because he made a famous recording of “Was kann der Sigismund dafür, dass

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/paul-omontis-biography-vortragskunstler-adored-elderly-ladies-young-gentlemen/feed/ 3 Barrie Kosky’s All-Singing, All-Dancing Yiddish Revue – Plus Other Farewell-Highlights http://operetta-research-center.org/barrie-koskys-singing-dancing-yiddish-revue/ http://operetta-research-center.org/barrie-koskys-singing-dancing-yiddish-revue/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:52:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22175 Of course he wasn’t going to present his last season as intendant of Komische Oper Berlin via Zoom or only

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/barrie-koskys-singing-dancing-yiddish-revue/feed/ 0 Rediscovering “Das Haus dazwischen” By Spoliansky & Schiffer After 90 Years http://operetta-research-center.org/das-haus-dazwischen-spoliansky-schiffer/ http://operetta-research-center.org/das-haus-dazwischen-spoliansky-schiffer/#comments Sat, 15 May 2021 09:45:07 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22079 On 24 August 1932 the newspaper Berliner Börsen-Courier reported that “this morning the well known revue poet Marcellus Schiffer was

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/das-haus-dazwischen-spoliansky-schiffer/feed/ 1 RSC: Reconstructing Erik Charell’s Shakespeare Adaptation “Swingin’ the Dream” http://operetta-research-center.org/rsc-brings-erik-charells-shakespeare-adaptation-swingin-dream-back-concert/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rsc-brings-erik-charells-shakespeare-adaptation-swingin-dream-back-concert/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:01:21 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21264 When the Shakespeare adaptation Swingin‘ the Dream opened on Broadway in 1939 it followed Erik Charell’s earlier XXL-sized Broadway hit

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rsc-brings-erik-charells-shakespeare-adaptation-swingin-dream-back-concert/feed/ 0 Gorki Theater Streams “Alles Schwindel” With English Subtitles For Christmas http://operetta-research-center.org/gorki-theater-streams-alles-schwindel-english-subtitles-christmas/ http://operetta-research-center.org/gorki-theater-streams-alles-schwindel-english-subtitles-christmas/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:46:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21019 When I saw the news today that Gorki Theater Berlin will stream one of the greatest operetta productions I have

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/gorki-theater-streams-alles-schwindel-english-subtitles-christmas/feed/ 0 Jaromir Weinberger’s Last Weimar Operetta “Frühlingsstürme” On DVD http://operetta-research-center.org/jaromir-weinbergers-last-weimar-operetta-fruhlingssturme-dvd/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jaromir-weinbergers-last-weimar-operetta-fruhlingssturme-dvd/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:58:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20822 You might be as baffled by this new release as I am: the recent production of Jaromir Weinberger’s “last Weimar

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jaromir-weinbergers-last-weimar-operetta-fruhlingssturme-dvd/feed/ 0 “Ich wollt’ ich wär’ ein Huhn “: Tackling Toxic Nazi Era Material At Komische Oper Berlin http://operetta-research-center.org/ich-wollt-ich-war-ein-huhn-tackling-toxic-song-material-komische-oper-berlin/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ich-wollt-ich-war-ein-huhn-tackling-toxic-song-material-komische-oper-berlin/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:19:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19063 It’s a daring and adventurous undertaking: while everyone else is busy with “The (New) Twenties” these days, Komische Oper Berlin

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ich-wollt-ich-war-ein-huhn-tackling-toxic-song-material-komische-oper-berlin/feed/ 2 Nils Grosch & Carolin Stahrenberg: “Im weißen Rössl. Kulturgeschichtliche Perspektiven” http://operetta-research-center.org/nils-grosch-carolin-stahrenberg-im-weisen-rossl-kulturgeschichtliche-perspektiven/ http://operetta-research-center.org/nils-grosch-carolin-stahrenberg-im-weisen-rossl-kulturgeschichtliche-perspektiven/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:18:54 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=17051 Over the past twenty years, German-speaking operetta has been enjoying a revival, especially Berlin operettas of the Weimar Republic by

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