Most opera companies have no compunction about delving into the lighter world of operetta. And why should they? The operetta repertoire abounds in splendid mixes of music and words to complement ...

Chicago Folks Operetta is at it again, scouring dusty library shelves for operettas that once were the toast of Vienna and Berlin but have since fallen from the repertory, save for select opera houses ...

A dash of paprika and a banquet of glorious music can be found in Emmerich Kalman's "The Csardas Princess," the 1915 operetta some observers believe to be the Hungarian composer's finest achievement. ...

The Hungarian Jewish composer of light music, Kálmán Imre (1882 –1953), better known by the Germanized version of his name, Emmerich Kálmán, continues to enjoy cult status in East and Central Europe.

Chicago Folks Operetta's 2012 staging of The Circus Princess, by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kalman Credit: Gerald Frantzen This weekend, Chicago Folks Operetta, which earlier this year mounted a rare ...

We head to a concert by the Danish National Radio Orchestra. In concert in Copenhagen, Leopold Hager leads the orchestra first in a polka by Johann Strauss called Hail, Hungary. Then we hear the ...

When you occupy as specialized a niche in the area’s classical scene as Chicago Folks Operetta, you just naturally try harder. Indeed, trying harder has been a kind of mantra for the Oak Park-based ...