Rebirth of Satire in Revivals of European Operettas

This Element compares productions of Offenbach's Belle Hélène and Kálmán's Herzogin von Chicago, considering their choices regarding plot, text, performance style, music, and costumes and sets. In every case, there is some reinterpretation involved. Some versions tweak the original while others expand and alter it in a full Regietheater approach.

Product details

• Authors: Feurzeig Lisa, Lisa (Grand Valley State University) Feurzeig
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.07.2025
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781009571968
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0957196-8
• Pages: 66
• Series: Elements in Musical Theatre
• Subjects: MUSIC / General, Musicals, Opera, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production, Music of film and stage, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti