It is finally happening: the new exhibition of the Theatermuseum Wien dedicated to "The World of Operetta" will open its doors on February 1st with a big party – high profile singing by (among others) Nicky Wuchinger, winner of the last Bundeswettbewerb Gesang, included.
The Theatermuseum will show this large exhibition, which stretches over nine full rooms, throughout the year, before the show moves onto Munich and the theater museum there in 2013.
Curated by Marie-Theres Arnbom and Kevin Clarke, the exhibition highlights various "themes" from the general history of operetta 1850 to 2012. Starting wi...
The Bavarian Radio Stadion (BR Klassik) will broadcast a feature on composer Leo Fall (Die Dollarprinzessin, Madame Pompadour) on January 15. The author of the feature is also the author of the brand new Leo Fall biography, Stefan Frey.
German musicologist Dr. Christoph Dompke – also known as a wonderful entertainer – has published a 396-page book called Unterhaltungsmusik und NS-Verfolgung– dealing with people working in the operetta and Schlagermusik business in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and the question of what became of them after 1933.
Great news for fans of British operetta with a certain nostalgic flair: Noël Coward's famous 1929 show Bitter Sweet is about the be revived this summer in the USA with Tony Award nominee Siân Phillips, the Welsh actress known for playing strong and stylish women of a certain age in Broadway's Marlene and TV's I, Claudius.
It is finally happening: the new exhibition of the Theatermuseum Wien dedicated to "The World of Operetta" will open its doors on February 1st with a big party – high profile singing by (among others) Nicky Wuchinger, winner of the last Bundeswettbewerb Gesang, included.
The Theatermuseum will show this large exhibition, which stretches over nine full rooms, throughout the year, before the show moves onto Munich and the theater museum there in 2013.
Curated by Marie-Theres Arnbom and Kevin Clarke, the exhibition highlights various "themes" from the general history of operetta 1850 to 2012. Starting wi...