AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Kalman: Der Zigeunerprimas.
* McMahon, Lengfelder, Wright; Meachem, Glenn, Oliver, Maida, Woodward; Ohio Light Opera Orchestra, Thompson. English text. Troy 510
Since its inception in 1979, The Ohio Light Opera has presented dozens of operettas, both familiar and rare, in fully-staged English-language productions. The company's continued success indicates an American audience for operetta, yet it remains one of the few professional groups dedicated to the preservation of this evanescent art form. Fortunately, OLO has been recording some of the rarest of its rediscoveries at the rate of about one per year. The latest is Emmerich Kalman's Der Zigeunerprimas (The Gypsy Virtuoso), which was given its first complete American production by the company in 2001. (It was originally staged at New York's Liberty Theater in 1914 in a truncated two-act version under the title of Sari.)
The efforts of OLO's artistic director emeritus, James Stuart, who reconstructed the original libretto and score, were well worth his while, as this is a genuinely appealing work brightened by some of Kalman's loveliest tunes. In many respects it's typical operetta fluff, with three couples solving their romantic complications just in time for a happy ending. But the underlying tale of ...
- Light Opera Works Launches 'Community Partner YouthReach Program' at King...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 2, 1999 700+ words
...Ill., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Light Opera Work's Artistic Director Lara Teeter...YouthReach Program, a collaboration with Light Opera Works and local school and community...is located at 2424 Lake in Evanston. Light Opera Works, in cooperation with the King...
- LIGHT OPERA GROUP TAKING APPLICATIONS.(Show)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) December 4, 1988 700+ words
The Schenectady Light Opera Company is now accepting applications...The community based company stages light opera and Broadway-type musicals. Presently...appropriate qualifications to Schenectady Light Opera Company, P.O. Box 1006, Schenectady...
- Chelsea Basler catches the attention of Ohio Light Opera
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record, The Wooster, OH Lydia Gehring July 5, 2009 700+ words
...invitation to join the cast of Ohio Light Opera did begin with a vocal competition in...caught his attention. Daigle is Ohio Light Opera's artistic director, and he was impressed...have always had an interest in Ohio Light Opera, and I finally auditioned last year...
- HIGHLANDS LIGHT OPERA TO HOLD AUDITIONS
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News August 1, 2009 700+ words
...professional opera company, Highlands Light Opera, will hold auditions for an upcoming...accompanist will be provided. Highlands Light Opera was established in 2008, with a regional...The Pirates of Penzance." Highlands Light Opera is the first opera company to be established...
- Star-studded Civic Light Opera season opener will benefit AIDS research....
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 11, 1988 700+ words
STAR-STUDDED CIVIC LIGHT OPERA SEASON OPENER WILL BENEFIT AIDS...Meet the Stars" as the Civic Light Opera (CLO) opens its 1988 season on...for its major supporters, Civic Light Opera for Excellence) winners on a...
- Light Opera Works musters a lively `Chocolate Soldier'
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Wynne Delacoma August 28, 1987 700+ words
...Philip A. Kraus, artistic director of Light Opera Works, first thought of it in late...Kraus had known then what he knows now, Light Opera Works might not be presenting "The...No one had done it with orchestra." Light Opera Works could have commissioned a new...
- Light Opera throws open its closets in time for Halloween.
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) October 23, 2006 700+ words
...can take some of it home with you. Light Opera Oklahoma will be selling off several...Harwelden, 2210 S. Main St., where Light Opera Oklahoma has its offices. "It's...he said. For more information, call Light Opera Oklahoma at 583-4267. Copyright...
- Light Opera Works' overplayed 'Decline' doesn't see the light.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) October 9, 2006 700+ words
...Halfway through the second act of Light Opera Works' production of Ben Bagley's...inspectorate. But that's not the fault of Light Opera Works, a well-supported troupe that...second-stage theater out of Evanston. Light Opera Works also is dealing with questionable...
