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John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan” (1896)

kevin — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:00:49 +0000

One of the earliest successful comic operas to come out of America, El Capitan was also the one successful attempt

kevin — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:25:06 +0000

Let’s start with the positive side of this: Musikalische Komödie has put forgotten composer Jean Gilbert (1879-1942) back on stage

kevin — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 09:35:19 +0000

Gilbert was born as Max Winterfeld in Hamburg, 11 February 1879. He died in exile in Buenos Aires, 20 December

kevin — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:52:55 +0000

If not even a month ago the Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo invited us to take a magical journey to the

kevin — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:21:30 +0000

I have just been on a very, very happy trip down memory boulevard. For a couple of years of my

kevin — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:10:01 +0000

Finding the best of all possible Candide recordings is hard. Because Leonard Bernstein’s eclectic work from 1956 – his only

kevin — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 10:47:38 +0000

The English author Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) is best known as a novelist and playwright. He also kept a journal in

kevin — Fri, 28 May 2021 09:04:46 +0000

The history of Die lustige Witwe has fascinated us, here at the Operetta Research Center, immensely over the past months.

kevin — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:58:20 +0000

The story begins almost like a fairy tale: Once upon a time there were three brothers, George, Edward and John.

kevin — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:09:05 +0000

Ivan Caryll was the principal composer and conductor for the heyday of the Gaiety musical comedy who encouraged the development

kevin — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:34:33 +0000

Elsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886. Her mother was

kevin — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:32:20 +0000

Joseph Coyne was a light comedy actor-who-sings who moved from silly-ass rôles in his native America to stardom as Britain’s