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‘The Verismo Singers’ Kick Off Their New Season With A FREE Concert in Teaneck!

🎶 Enjoy ensemble and solo pieces from operas, operettas, and Broadway musicals.

🗓️ Tuesday, September 9 | 🕑 3:30 p.m.

📍 Five Star Premier Residences, 655 Pomander Walk, Teaneck, NJ U.S.A.

🎹 Accompanied by pianist Michael Pilafian

Public welcome! Don’t miss this musical treat!

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Usually, when I listen to operas, or far more often, operettas, I prefer recordings from the 1950's and earlier. This is because I prefer the older singing styles and techniques. The modern ones tend to give me a headache and don't sound right in any case. But if I find a later recording of an older singer, or an extraordinarily rare modern recording of a singer who follows the old style (some do exist), I will listen to it. The Knowle Operatic Society (under that name, as they changed later and now do a lot of modern rubbish), is an exception to that rule. They can't exactly compare to the old singers, but they definitely respect the plays they perform and do their best. They even did King's Rhapsody, for which I am eternally grateful. As any fan of Ivor Novello knows, finding his plays with full dialogue is almost impossible. Anyway, they also did this one, Merrie England, by Edward German. I haven't seen this yet, but this man is supposed to be so similar to Gilbert and Sullivan that Arthur Sullivan himself said he should be his successor, and indeed, after Sullivan's death, German finished his Emerald Aisle, which I also must see.

youtube.com/watch?v=ac7Cy8E_o0…

So now, I will watch this one. Please, if anyone knows where I can find full recordings (or old recordings of songs) from English or Viennese (translated into English if full) operettas let me know. I am always seeking more. And if you are a singer of the old style, thank you so much for sharing your lovely work with the world!

Here we go!

Merrie England-Knowle Operatic Society-1981

youtube.com/watch?v=sly5elfzDH…

There are many good recordings of songs from about 1918 through the 1950's on Youtube. But just for sheer enjoyment, here are the disks with Edward German as conductor!

Merrie England (Edward German), 11 Shellac Record Version from 1918 4

youtube.com/watch?v=JbHzbvBxt_…

And here is one that I simply had to include, because I love this man's voice. I must find more by him. I didn't know of him before now. I adore light tenors!

John Harrison (Edward German conducts) - The English rose (merry england) (hmv d27) (02798) (1918)

youtube.com/watch?v=nffI72wYnm…

#EdwardGerman #GilbertAndSullivan #operetta #operettas #KnowleOperaticSociety #MerrieEngland #theater #theatre

Things I am Seeking

Note. I have no interest in political correctness, no hatred of men, etc.

1. Book suggestions. (They must be online, preferably in txt, though audiobooks with good narators are acceptable). I primarily read British literature from the nineteenth century and earlier, though I may read some from the twentieth. I love silver fork/fashionable novels (Regency, not Victorian), things about the upper (titled) and upper middle (rich but not titled) classes, memoirs/biographies (usually related to the dandies, men about town, men of the clubs, and wits), anecdotes, things about dandyism, books about the Regency and/or Edwardian eras, male fashion (yes, I have Male and Female Costume by Beau Brummell/see my pinned post on dandyism), and old children's books. I love Wind in the Willows, for example. I also enjoy a bit of fantasy and science fiction, as I am fascinated by books about other worlds, magical creatures, talking animals, etc. I have no interest in modern rot with obscenities and who knows what.
2. Operettas. I am always seeking English or Viennese (translated into english) operettas. Extra points if they are original recordings, as I love old operetta/opera singing, though I will except amateur or even professional recordings if they have full dialogue. I have all of Gilbert and Sullivan, including original d'Oyly Carte recordings, a lot of Ivor Novello (always seeking more), some Franz Lehar (including with Richard Tauber), etc.
3. Old BBC radio shows. As with books, I prefer things about the upper and upper middle classes. I am always seeking anything with Upper RP. I am a huge Paul Temple fan, and even love the modern recordings, as they actually used original equipment and their accents are flawless! Rarely have I ever heard modern performances of anything that could equal the originals, but these do. I like old documentaries, too.
4. Audio recordings of elocution lessons in Upper RP or Transatlantic. Please do not recommend books, unless they don't rely on IPA. I use a screen reader (NVDA) and it cannot handle IPA characters, nor do I understand them.
5. Grammars, preferably from the early 1800's. I have many from about 1880 to 1926 or so, but I want older ones. I do not follow modern linguists and am utterly fascinated by nineteenth-century English. It has been my goal to adopt it for daily use for many, many years.

#AudioDramatisations #books #Edwardian #English #grammar #literature #operettas #radio #ReceivedPronunciation #recommendations #Regency #theatre

Today is the 132nd anniversary of the birth of Ivor Novello, a true man of the theatre. From non-musical plays such as the Truth Game, to silent films such as The Lodger (later remade with sound), to talkies such as I Lived with You, to the wonderfl operettas for which he is so well-known, such as the Dancing Years, he demonstrated extreme versitility, creativity, and genius. His ability to bring characters to life with exacting detail, often in glamorous settings, and to choose just the right actors to play them, was legendary. While he died at only fifty-eight, he left us with intriguing worlds to explore, many lovely songs to sing, and a true appreciation of greatness. May we remember him today and always keep a song and hope in our hearts.

Note: Many of his films, both silent and with sound, several of his songs by the original artists, and a few tributes and documentaries, some again with those who knew him, can be found on Youtube. Others can be purchased on Amazon..

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Nov…

#acting #actors #birthday #geniuses #IvorNovello #musicals #music #operettas #plays #producers #theater #theatre

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Hello. I joined Friendica in October of 2024, after Facebook closed their Basic Mobile site (not app). I live in New Jersey and am forty-one years old. Some of my interests include studying dandyism, nineteenth-century grammar, Upper Received Pronunciation, British history, and the Regency. I like coffee, tea, wine, nasal snuff, cooking, hot baths, reading British literature, watching nature and historical documentaries, gardening, hot weather, and playing cards and dice. I also love cats. In classical music, I enjoy Baroque through a bit of early Romantic, while in popular, I usually prefer 1950's through 1970's. I love theatre (especially English and Viennese operettas, Edwardian musical comedies), and some Regency/Georgian plays. I prefer antique menswear and accessories. It's my dream to either buy a genuine Edwardian suit or have one commissioned. I love wit, wordplay, and dry humour without vulgarity. My parents are lesbians, and I am a huge gay rights supporter, but I stop short of using singular they and promoting the idea of more than two sexes, though you can certainly lean more towards one while being the other (as I do being a masculine woman), or change from one to the other via hormones, surgery etc. I have been totally blind since I was two months old, due to Retinopathy of Prematurity.

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Perplexity just gave me a list of Viennese operettas that have been translated into English! Several are from Johann Strauss, whom I've been wanting to hear anyway, and I even found two more by Franz Lehar! I already knew about and had The Merry Widow and Die Fledermaus. The first I watched ((but still need to watch the Christopher Hassall translation) and the second I was actually planning to watch tomorrow. This is the full list as it was given to me.

"1. The Gypsy Baron (Der Zigeunerbaron) by Johann Strauss II
2. A Night in Venice (Eine Nacht in Venedig) by Johann Strauss II
3. The Queen's Lace Handkerchief (Das Spitzentuch der Königin) by Johann Strauss II
4. Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood) by Johann Strauss II
5. The Circus Princess (Die Zirkusprinzessin) by Emmerich Kálmán
6. Countess Maritza (Gräfin Mariza) by Emmerich Kálmán
7. The Csárdás Princess (Die Csárdásfürstin) by Emmerich Kálmán
8. The Land of Smiles (Das Land des Lächelns) by Franz Lehár
9. The Count of Luxembourg (Der Graf von Luxemburg) by Franz Lehár
10. Giuditta by Franz Lehár"

I also have Countess Maritza, and The Land of Smiles, but I didn't watch them yet, and silly me, I didn't realise they're Viennese! Of course, it may be difficult to find all of these, , and even more so to find translations that haven't been modernised (I avoid those as much as possible), but at least, I have somewhere to start!

#EmmerichKalman #FranzLehar #operettas #JohannStrauss #theatre

The Mikado might never have existed but for a bit of dodgy DIY. WS Gilbert said that he was inspired to write it when a Japanese sword fell off the wall in his study.

10 things you might not know about The Mikado:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/03/14-march-mikado.html

#TheMikado #GilbertAndSullivan #Music #Operettas #OTD #OnThisDay #ThisDayInHistory