Operas & Operetta
The UK premiere production of André Tchaikowsky’s opera opens at Cardiff’s Millennium Centre tonight
André Tchaikowsky’s award-winning opera receives its UK premiere at Welsh National Opera, followed by a screening of “Rebel of the Keys”, a fascinating new documentary about the composer
It’s always interesting to see which companies programme what works and, in particular, which companies programme operetta.
It has often…
The start of a new year often invites both reflection and celebration.
On Saturday, 3 January 2015, BBC Radio…
Kálmán’s final operetta, Arizona Lady, is being performed in concert this Christmas at the Komische Oper Berlin.
Internationally-renowned opera and recording stars Anna Netrebko and Juan Diego Flórez will star in Emmerich Kálmán’s perenially popular “Die Csárdásfürstin” for this year’s New Year’s Eve concert by the Staatskapelle Dresden
The International Opera Awards 2014 were held in London on the 7th of April and the aim of the awards…
Darling of the operatic stage, Piotr Beczala, is one of todays artists who is putting a real focus on operetta…
This Saturday (1st February), BBC Radio Three’s Music Matters programme features the Polish composer and pianist André Tchaikowsky, who is…
Kurt Weill’s largely forgotten Broadway operetta is in repertory at the Staatsoperette Dresden until May 2014
October 30th marks the 60th anniveraary of the death of Emmerich Kálmán, the composer who wrote many celebrated operettas, including The Gipsy Princess and Countess Maritza
Sometimes giving birth means a long labour period, but in the case of André Tchaikowksy, the labour period for his…
A Night in Vienna, our first ever full-length operetta concert evening, is now available to hire!
Vespas, gelato sellers, brass bands, a children’s chorus, religious processions and an orgy… justwhat everyone needs in an opera!
It…
Today sees the world premiere of André Tchaikowsky’s The Merchant of Venice at the Bregenzer Festspiele.
The American Journal,…
Tonight, ORF3 will be broadcasting the world premiere of Tchaikowsky’s opera, The Merchant of Venice…
If you have the possibility…
Christopher Webber has written an excellent article for Opera Magazine examining the operas of Malcolm Williamson and asking, when they…
David Pountney decision to stage André Tchaikowsky’s The Merchant of Venice at this year’s Bregenz Festival has sparked a lot…
The music journalist and blogger, Norman Lebrecht, has written an article on the music of Polish composers for the Standpoint…
Opera Holland Park is known for its presentation of forgotten gems of the operatic repertory, but this July and August,…
Christian Thielemann’s Operetta Gala, live from the Semperoper, Dresden, was an event that featured the sparkling treasures form the operetta…
Yvonne Kálmán, the daughter of Emmerich Kálmán, has been spreading the word of her father’s music far and wide. Recently,…
One of the greatest musical figures in the operetta world Emmerich Kálmán, is to receive a week-long celebration for the 130th anniversary of his birth.
Press and public reaction to Chicago Folks Operetta’s production has been very positive indeed!
“The musical score by Emmerich Kalman…
The Chicago Folks Operetta, one of the many independent repertory companies in the US, is staging two works that do…
Andre Tchaikowsky had a very distinguished career as a pianist but despite his success, his true passion was composition. Written…
The European Opera Centre presents Wolf-Ferrari’s comic masterpiece at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall!
Opera North’s new production of The Merry Widow has been hailed as a “burst of innocent escapist pleasure”. Make sure you don’t miss it!
The operatic legend who became known as “La Stupenda”, Dame Joan Sutherland, has died at the age of 83.