Operetta Research Center » Wolfgang Jansen 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 „Eine Bühne wie keine andere“: Interview mit Wolfgang Jansen zur Geschichte des Friedrichstadt-Palast http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/ http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:20:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25563 Der Theaterhistoriker Wolfgang Jansen widmet sich in seinem neuen Buch der Geschichte des Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin, in der Zeit 1945

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/eine-buhne-wie-keine-andere-interview-mit-wolfgang-jansen-zur-geschichte-des-friedrichstadt-palast/feed/ 0 A Revived Interest In “Heiteres Musiktheater der DDR”? It’s Not Just About Nostalgia http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/ http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:08:46 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21140 Recently, Wolfgang Jansen published a collection of essays dealing with “Popular Music Theater under Socialism,” an aspect of 20th century

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/heiteres-musiktheater-der-ddr-interview-maria-malle-metropoltheater/feed/ 1 Wolfgang Jansen’s New Book About Musicals Vs. Operetta: An Interview With The Author http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-book-musicals-vs-operetta-interview-author/ http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-book-musicals-vs-operetta-interview-author/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2020 17:25:43 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21036 Wolfgang Jansen has published many books: on the history of revues and revue operettas in the Weimar Republic, on Broadway

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/wolfgang-jansens-new-book-musicals-vs-operetta-interview-author/feed/ 0 “Popular Music Theatre Under Socialism”: Operettas & Musicals In The Eastern European States 1945-1990 http://operetta-research-center.org/popular-music-theatre-socialism-operettas-musicals-eastern-european-states-1945-1990/ http://operetta-research-center.org/popular-music-theatre-socialism-operettas-musicals-eastern-european-states-1945-1990/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2020 17:50:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20972 Yesterday, a surprising book arrived on my desk: Popular Music Theatre Under Socialism. I guessed straight away that we weren’t

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/popular-music-theatre-socialism-operettas-musicals-eastern-european-states-1945-1990/feed/ 0 “Bretter, die die die Welt bedeuten“: The DDR Musical Returns To Musikalische Komödie Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:32:26 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20534 Is this the start of something like “reparation” after an endless period of neglect? On 18 September 2020 Bretter, die

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/bretter-die-die-die-welt-bedeuten-ddr-musical-returns-musikalische-komodie-leipzig/feed/ 0 The New Online “Musicallexikon”: An Interview with Michael Fischer & Wolfgang Jansen http://operetta-research-center.org/musicallexikon-freiburgs-center-popular-culture-music-interview-michael-fischer-wolfgang-jansen/ http://operetta-research-center.org/musicallexikon-freiburgs-center-popular-culture-music-interview-michael-fischer-wolfgang-jansen/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:24:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20040 The University of Freiburg is home of the “Center for Popular Culture and Music.” They recently started the first online

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/musicallexikon-freiburgs-center-popular-culture-music-interview-michael-fischer-wolfgang-jansen/feed/ 0 New Online Encyclopedia On Popular Musical Theater In Germany From 1945 Until Today http://operetta-research-center.org/new-online-encyclopedia-popular-musical-theater-germany-1945-till-today/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-online-encyclopedia-popular-musical-theater-germany-1945-till-today/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:04:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19955 More than 300 musicals have already been documented, many more will follow: the University of Freiburg’s Center for Popular Culture

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-online-encyclopedia-popular-musical-theater-germany-1945-till-today/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 “Popular Musical Theatre Under Socialism”: A Conference In Freiburg In 2017 http://operetta-research-center.org/popular-musical-theatre-socialism-conference-freiburg-2017/ http://operetta-research-center.org/popular-musical-theatre-socialism-conference-freiburg-2017/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:51:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11276 In February 2017, theater historian Dr. Wolfgang Jansen is organizing a conference on the topic of “Popular musical theatre under

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/popular-musical-theatre-socialism-conference-freiburg-2017/feed/ 0 Arthur Schnitzler And His Operettas http://operetta-research-center.org/arthur-schnitzler-operettas/ http://operetta-research-center.org/arthur-schnitzler-operettas/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2015 10:40:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7541 Playwrite and author Arthur Schnitzler had a special relationship with music, not least, because many of his famous texts were

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/arthur-schnitzler-operettas/feed/ 1 “In Frisco ist der Teufel los”: Two Concert Performances In Leipzig http://operetta-research-center.org/frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-two-concert-performances-leipzig/ http://operetta-research-center.org/frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-two-concert-performances-leipzig/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2015 10:07:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7324 It’s a topic that’s in the air right now, at least in Germany: remembering the situation in former East Germany

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/frisco-ist-der-teufel-los-two-concert-performances-leipzig/feed/ 0 German Cast Recordings Of “West Side Story” http://operetta-research-center.org/german-cast-recordings-west-side-story/ http://operetta-research-center.org/german-cast-recordings-west-side-story/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:00:32 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7207 Today, the Opera Leipzig will present a new production of West Side Story. Not at the Musikalische Komödie, but in

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