Operetta Research Center » Zulma Bouffar 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 The New “La Vie parisienne” from Palazzetto Bru Zane http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/ http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:38:39 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25347 Yesterday a long-awaited recording arrived on my desk-top. ‘Long-awaited’? Of course. The latest from the firm of Bru Zane, the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/waiting-new-la-vie-parisienne-palazzetto-bru-zane/feed/ 0 Are We Finally Getting The Full Original Version Of “La Vie Parisienne”? http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-getting-original-version-offenbachs-la-vie-parisienne/ http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-getting-original-version-offenbachs-la-vie-parisienne/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:25:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22943 What if Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, the most famous German language operetta, had been performed incomplete for the last

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/finally-getting-original-version-offenbachs-la-vie-parisienne/feed/ 1 LA VIE PARISIENNE Opéra-bouffe in 4 (originally 5) acts by Jacques Offenbach http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/ http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:25:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22290 In the midst of Meilhac, Halévy and Offenbach’s dazzling series of successes with the earliest of their famous opéras-bouffes –

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/la-vie-parisienne-opera-bouffe-4-originally-5-acts-jacques-offenbach/feed/ 1 Who Was The Great Opéra-Bouffe Tenor “Potel” – Also Known As “Le Bel Armand”? http://operetta-research-center.org/great-opera-bouffe-tenor-potel/ http://operetta-research-center.org/great-opera-bouffe-tenor-potel/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:02:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=19100 The folk who created the musical works of Meilhac, Halévy, Crémieux, Hervé and their colleagues, and of the parallel composers,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/great-opera-bouffe-tenor-potel/feed/ 0 Zulma Bouffar: The “Other” Prima Donna of the Offenbach-Age http://operetta-research-center.org/zulma-bouffar-prima-donna-offenbach-age/ http://operetta-research-center.org/zulma-bouffar-prima-donna-offenbach-age/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:06:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=4006 Zulma Bouffar (b Nérac, 24 May 1841) made her first appearance on the stage at the age of six, at

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/zulma-bouffar-prima-donna-offenbach-age/feed/ 0 Exporting Operette: The World Is Not Enough http://operetta-research-center.org/export-operetta-paris-vienna-rest-world/ http://operetta-research-center.org/export-operetta-paris-vienna-rest-world/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:17:13 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=2649 What became eventually known as “operetta” or “opérette” didn’t start its life under that name. The earliest works of the

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