The Cambridge Companion to Operetta (Cambridge Companions to Music)

Cambridge University Press, 11/30/2019
EAN 9781316633342, ISBN10: 1316633349

Paperback, 346 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 2 cm
Language: English

Those whose thoughts of musical theatre are dominated by the Broadway musical will find this book a revelation. From the 1850s to the early 1930s, when urban theatres sought to mount glamorous musical entertainment, it was to operetta that they turned. It was a form of musical theatre that crossed national borders with ease and was adored by audiences around the world. This collection of essays by an array of international scholars examines the key figures in operetta in many different countries. It offers a critical and historical study of the widespread production of operetta and of the enthusiasm with which it was welcomed. Furthermore, it challenges nationalistic views of music and approaches operetta as a cosmopolitan genre. This Cambridge Companion contributes to a widening appreciation of the music of operetta and a deepening knowledge of the cultural importance of operetta around the world.

Introduction Anastasia Belina and Derek B. Scott
Part I. Early Centres of Operetta
1. French operetta
Offenbach and company John Kendrick
2. Viennese Golden-Age operetta
drinking, dancing and social criticism in a multi-ethnic empire Lisa Feurzeig
3. London and Gilbert and Sullivan Bruno Bower
4. Hungarians and Hungarianisms in operetta and folk plays in the late Habsburg and post-Habsburg era Lynn Hooker
5. Operetta in the Czech National Revival – the Provisional Theatre years Jan Smaczy
Part II. The Global Expansion of Operetta
6. Going global
the international spread of Viennese Silver-Age operetta Stefan Frey
7. Spain and Zarzuela Christopher Webber
8. Camping along the American operetta divide (on the road to the musical play) Raymond Knapp
9. Operetta in Russia and the USSR Anastasia Belina
10. Operetta in the Nordic countries (1850–1970) Pentti Paavolainen
11. Operetta in Greece Avra Xepapadakou
Part III. Operetta since 1900
12. The operetta factory
production systems of Silver-Age Vienna Micaela Baranello
13. Berlin operetta Tobias Becker
14. Operetta in Italy Valeria De Lucca
15. Operetta in Warsaw Anastasia Belina
16. British operetta after Gilbert and Sullivan Derek B. Scott
17. Operetta during the Nazi regime Matthias Kauffmann
18. Operetta films Derek B. Scott
19. 'Jazz was the dynamite that exploded the harmlessness of the Viennese operetta!' (Interviewer
Ulrich Lenz.) Interview with Barrie Kosky.