For most people, the mere mention of a Viennese operetta conjures up a waltz of post-Johann Strauss composers—Franz Lehar (The Merry Widow), Oskar Straus (The Chocolate Soldier), Emmerich Kalman ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This Thursday, 7/2, Tenor Brian Cheney is set to perform a concert program of ...
The turn of the year is a time not only for champagne but for the fizz of operetta, with productions of Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" and Lehar's "The Merry Widow" a seasonal tradition. A new disc ...
Vienna once exported a type of musical comedy which brought the world much pleasure and had many virtues. Realism was not one of the virtues. Yet in the whirl of ravishing gypsies disguised as ...
Upon being named artistic director of Los Angeles Opera three years ago, Placido Domingo promised zarzuela. Spain’s distinctive form of operetta is popular in Spanish-speaking countries but rarely ...
Stellar tenor Jonas Kaufmann appears in a rare recital at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Jonas Kaufmann is in many ways the model modern tenor. One of the world's ...