Most opera companies have no compunction about delving into the lighter world of operetta. And why should they? The operetta repertoire abounds in splendid mixes of music and words to complement ...
A dash of paprika and a banquet of glorious music can be found in Emmerich Kalman's "The Csardas Princess," the 1915 operetta some observers believe to be the Hungarian composer's finest achievement. ...
Chicago Folks Operetta is at it again, scouring dusty library shelves for operettas that once were the toast of Vienna and Berlin but have since fallen from the repertory, save for select opera houses ...
They say no minute goes by in the world without a melody of Emmerich Kálmán's, born 125 years ago, being heard either on stage, on television, on the radio, at a concert or gala. And most often, no ...
We head to a concert by the Danish National Radio Orchestra. In concert in Copenhagen, Leopold Hager leads the orchestra first in a polka by Johann Strauss called Hail, Hungary. Then we hear the ...
They say no minute goes by in the world without a melody of Emmerich Kálmán's, born 125 years ago, being heard either on stage, on television, on the radio, at a concert or gala. And most often, no ...