German Operetta on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940

Contents

• Introduction;
• Part I . The Production of Operetta:
• 1. The music of operetta;
• 2. Cultural transfer: translation and transcreation;
• 3. The business of operetta;
• 4. Directors, designers and performers;
• Part II . The Reception of Operetta:
• 5. The reception of operetta in London and New York;
• 6. Operetta and intermediality;
• 7. Operetta and modernity;
• 8. Operetta and cosmopolitanism; Postlude: the demise of operetta;
• Appendix
• 1. Productions of operetta from the German stage on Broadway and in the West End;
• Appendix
• 2. Longest runs of operetta from the German stage on Broadway and in the West End;
• Appendix
• 3. Operettas with English librettos by composers for the German stage;
• Appendix
• 4. Selected period recordings of English versions of operetta from the German stage;
• Appendix
• 5. Selected films in English of operettas from the German stage;
• Appendix
• 6. Research resources.