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operetta
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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operetta (It.; Fr. opérette). Little opera. Strictly a play with ov., songs, entr'actes, and dances, but the term has become synonymous with ‘light opera’, e.g. Offenbach's
La Belle Hélène and Strauss's
Die Fledermaus, and ‘musical comedy’, e.g. Coward's
Bitter-Sweet.
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 "Forest Leaves (River Forest, IL)")
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Oak Park couple rejuvenates the operetta
Newspaper article from: Forest Leaves (River Forest, IL); 5/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...when they hear the word operetta, or possibly of Johann...Die Fledermaus," operettas flourished on both sides...establish a new American operetta company to both reintroduce lost American operettas and translate their...works. Chicago Folks Operetta is the result. After...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Viennese operetta Weeping fans.(recent offerings for operetta in Vienna draw criticism because they are not traditional form )(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/31/1998; 700+ words
; ...Cage aux Folles". Old operettas too have been radically...trappings and restaged the operetta in stark flat colours...of the 1930 super-operetta, "White Horse Inn...will present Viennese operetta with an enormous challenge. Can these operettas, apart from the two...
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A decade of fun & frivolity: Toronto Operetta Theatre. (includes related article on production of 'Die Fledermaus')
Magazine article from: Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...quite a varied sampling of operetta composers and formats. Entitled...Zarzuela programme (Spanish operetta) which included flamenco...Cole Porter - or "son of operetta," as Ingram calls it...produced any Gilbert and Sullivan operettas to date: "G&S gets...
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 "Des Plaines Times (IL)")
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Grim tale is a lively operetta
Newspaper article from: Des Plaines Times (IL); 4/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...courtesy of Chicago Folks Operetta, which is the brainchild...to revive and promote operettas, particularly those...early 20th century. Operettas generally feature 75...the time. "There are operetta companies in Europe...Frantzen mused. "While operettas usually are fairly light...
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The/King/Operetta.(Theater review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 7/9/2007; ; 700+ words
; The/King/Operetta (Barrow Street Theater; 199 seats...no narrative focus. "The/King/Operetta" owes much to recent musical successes...much-needed ballast. "The/King/Operetta" (which is in no way, shape or form...
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"The Brave Rooster" operetta premieres in Philadelphia
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 7/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...07-15-2001 "The Brave Rooster" operetta premieres in Philadelphia by Petrusia...highly awarded, delightful children's operetta from Lviv, "The Brave Rooster," composed...to 18 from the Philadelphia area. The operetta was adapted for the stage from the tale...
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PerkinElmer Unveils Operetta High Content Screening System
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 1/8/2009; 449 words
; ...News 01-08-2009 PerkinElmer Unveils Operetta High Content Screening System Type...environment, announced the launch of its Operetta system, a benchtop instrument that provides...cellular science research laboratories. Operetta is an HCS/HCA instrument platform that...
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Czech Inn of West First to Deploy MICROS Operetta, a True 'Out-of-Box' Property Management Solution.
PR Newswire; 11/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...West is the first hotel to deploy MICROS Operetta, the new powerful, out of the box property...MICROS. Czech Inn of West went live on Operetta on August 27, 2008 and has also deployed...needed for a limited service hotel. "Operetta provides the Czech Inn of West with a...
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Operetta works for Opera Memphis
Newspaper article from: Tri-State Defender; 4/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the glory days of Memphis operetta. Summer nights in the Overton...Eddie Roecker. The comic operettas shared a single format, consisting...Opera Memphis filled this operetta cup again for a thirsty Friday...which was not the case, but operetta finds ways of putting off...
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Strauss Operetta to be presented at K-State.
M2 Presswire; 10/3/2000; 612 words
; ...State University: Strauss Operetta to be presented at K-State...performance of the comical operetta, "Die Fledermaus," at...successful of Johann Strauss' operettas, "Die Fledermaus" combines...extravagance and irony. The operetta, set in three acts, takes...
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operetta
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
operetta (It.; Fr. opérette ). Little opera. Strictly a play with ov., songs, entr'actes, and dances, but the term...
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Viennese (and German) Operetta in America
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Viennese [and German] Operetta in America. There have been...Middle‐European operetta that have enjoyed popularity...concerned with the great Strauss operettas. Curiously, most of what...Viennese‐like operetta, albeit for a less pyrotechnic...
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Merry Widow, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Merry Widow, The (1907). Operetta had all but passed from the...Middle‐European operetta had died out in the late 1880s...handedly, this Franz Lehar operetta rekindled the mode for Viennese...Moreover, it set the fashion for operettas of the period, telling stories...
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Johann Strauss Jr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...encouraged Strauss to try writing operettas. He resigned as court conductor...himself to the composition of operettas. Of these, three remain...is probably the greatest operetta ever written and a masterpiece...two other most successful operettas were A Night in Venice (1883...
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Herbert, Victor
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...great American creator of operetta, he was born in Dublin and...Eileen (1917). His final operettas were The Velvet Lady (1919...his musical comedies and his operettas, his richly lyrical music...perceived as almost wholly operetta‐ish. He sometimes...
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