Tag: Operetta
Victoria de Grazia: "The perfect fascist": An evil operetta
How the Jewish-American prima donna Lilliana Weinman became enthusiastic about fascism in Italy, married Mussolini’s husband for the particularly rough and got away with luck and the Catholic Church. source…
Operetta: Those who were said to be dead sing longer
Barrie Kosky has been giving operetta new cult status for years, this time with a classic of the genre at the Zurich Opera House: Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow”. source…
Carl Zeller’s operetta “The Bird Trader” at the Munich Gärtnerplatztheater – Munich
“Just not right away, not right away, because things don’t go that quickly at the post office.” This is what Christel von der Post sang at the premiere of Carl…
New album: Diana Damrau sings operetta – Munich
Fritzi Massary didn’t tolerate water on stage, only champagne was put into her glass. She, the girl from Vienna, needed something authentic when she beguiled the audience as Grande Cocotte,…
Music: Kosky in an operetta frenzy – New “Fledermaus” in Munich
Music Kosky in an operetta frenzy – New “Fledermaus” in Munich According to the Bavarian State Opera, Boris Kosky’s production is the first new “Fledermaus” in 26 years. photo ©…
Interview with opera director Barrie Kosky about his “Fledermaus” in Munich – Culture
Barrie Kosky was born in Melbourne in 1967 as the grandson of Jewish immigrants, came to Europe 23 years ago, soon made a splash as a musical theater director and…
For Sébastien Chenu (RN), the LR “are operetta resistance fighters”
The vice-president of the National Rally Sébastien Chenu compared the Republicans this Sunday to “operetta resistance fighters”, “who never show courage” and whose threat to overthrow the government on the…
ARD series “Naked over Berlin”: the nicest operetta in the world – media
Axel Ranisch has just made an opera film, now he’s switching to a thriller series with coming-of-age elements with “Naked Over Berlin”. Sounds crazy and is also: very, very wonderful.…
Ulrich Maly on dismantling children’s rooms and the operetta character of the CSU – Bavaria
Nuremberg’s former mayor Ulrich Maly has been retired for three years. What is it like to simply break up at the height of creativity? A conversation about squirrels, dismantling children’s…
Ulrich Maly on dismantling children’s rooms and the operetta character of the CSU – Bavaria
Nuremberg’s former mayor Ulrich Maly has been retired for three years. What is it like to simply break up at the height of creativity? A conversation about squirrels, dismantling children’s…