Edmond Dédé, a native of New Orleans, was part of the hub of operetta composers of color who helped popularize the music style within the city. OperaCréole of New Orleans is working to revive the ...

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Before the Broadway musical, America experienced a golden age of operetta during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The songs of Sigmund Romberg, Franz Lehar, Johann Strauss II, and other operetta ...

Chicago Folks Operetta has never met a forgotten operetta it doesn’t like. Or so it would seem. Last summer the enterprising troupe treated “Arizona Lady,” a singing-cowboy rarity by Hungarian ...

Organists have been known to compare playing an organ to flying a jet airplane. “That’s right,” says Dennis Dezort, “and I have both experiences.” Dezort is retiring as music director and organist at ...

If you love operettas, love the music and the stories, don't miss this exhibit. Celebrating the legacy of operetta composers Franz Lehar, Emmerich Kalman, and Sigmund Romberg whose works were ...

Great Lakes Operetta's inaugural 2024-2025 season continues with its second concert: Operetta Around the World: A Concert of Light Opera Gems from Across the Globe. This fundraising concert will ...

Opera:A chamber orchestra and six singers pay tribute to the European operetta composers pushed into exile by the Third Reich. This multimedia exploration by Chicago Folks Operetta highlights works by ...